Dean Kamen Invents a Prosthetic Robot Arm

Remember the amazing guy who invented the Segway? The Segway is the two-wheeler you stand on and drive to wherever you want to go by leaning in the right direction. At the behest of the U.S. Department of Defense, Kamen recently invented a mind-controlled prosthetic robot arm. It is difficult to overstate one’s awe for Kamen’s inventions. Still while the Segway is a neat kind of thing we all may wish to have, the reality is that there really aren’t that many of them around. So is the Kamen prosthesis in the same category? - What does the mind-controlled arm mean to the world-at-large? - Who are the beneficiaries of this latest, perhaps greatest, of Kamen’s inventions? - Are the only beneficiaries the individuals who have lost arms, especially American service men and women? - Why should the rest of us care?