In a message dated 1/11/01 6:44:43 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< Hey Steve, I would have expected you to wait until tomorrow, when it is
 FRIDAY.

 By the way, I expect IT to be a motorized version of the scooter, with air
 filled tires to reduce its bumpiness and to allow IT to go where any good
 Hummer can go. IT will sell like hotcakes.

 See you,
 Ahne. >>

Hi Ahne!

Yeah, but this intrigued me so much that I posted about it...it could mean
more business for us electronic types...who knows?

I've been doing some searching trying to learn what this could possibly be,
and like you, I was thinking that it may be some sort of transportation
device.

But then I found this link:

http://www.wirednews.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen_pr.html

which gets into Dean Kamen (the founder and owner of DEKA Research) and talks
about something called a Stirling engine which can purify water and create
electricity at the same time.

The page also hints of; "Another project, to be unveiled in the next year,
will necessitate building "the largest company in New Hampshire," Kamen says
with characteristic bravura. He's shy about details, except to say it
involves a consumer device unrelated to health care and will require $100
million in financing. Among the investors: Kleiner Perkins.

Still, VERY interesting!!!

-Steve Gregory-

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