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ean Kamen, the polymath best known forean Kamen, the global community of environmentalists, who
inventing the Segway scooter, is a lonely believe we need to focus on technologies that
guy these days. Or at least you’d thinkguy these days. promote sustainability. To that end, and in the
so. Kamen — who is so. Kamen — who is widely respected for his aftermath of being told by the Coast Guard that
numerous patents in tnumerous patents in the medical fi eld, wealthy electricity was being cut off to his island, Lord
beyond the knowing beyond the knowing of most mortals, and, to Dumpling has invented, borrowed, and installed
hearhear peoeople tell it, ple tell it, quite the character — has various cutting-edge technologies to showcase
pronounced himseronounced himself Lord Dumpling, ruler of how he can run his domain without an outside
North Dumpling, a spit of land off the coast power source. He claims the technologies he
of New York State. As the island’s owner is showcasing eventually may be distributed
and sole resident, Kamen conducts himself to poor countries around the world. “It will be
as he pleases. As it happens, he pleases the part of our foreign aid program,” he cracks.
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