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...Ginger is just one in a long line of Kamen inventions, including the first portable dialysis machine and the same type of heart stent implanted in Vice President Richard B. Cheney. The inventor also created a wheelchair that can climb stairs...
Kamen only revealed the nature of Ginger to a few investors and other high-tech luminaries, such as Apple cofounder Steve Jobs and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. Last spring, Jobs described Ginger as having the potential to be as big of a deal as the personal computer and said that “cities will be built around...
Speculation about what Ginger would be ran rampant on many websites and discussion boards. Many thought that Ginger might be a type of hovering scooter or run on a Sterling engine, a highly efficient engine that potentially could run on a fuel such as hydrogen...
Despite predictions by some that Ginger would revolutionize personal transport, others are skeptical of such pronouncements...
Well, I doubt the Ginger fans walked away from this one satisfied. But given all of that hype, who really could have? There were only a handful of possible realities for IT that could have really thrilled me. And, since this should theoretically be some sort of sports column, I will only include those relevant to the sports world...