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Dean Kamen working on hybrid scooter with Stirling engine

We've known about Dean Kamen's work on the Stirling engine for hybrid vehicle use since the inventor introduced the DEKA Revolt late last year. According to some recently-filed patent applications, though, it would seem that Kamen has lots more up his sleeve for the good 'ol Stirling engine, including a possible hybrid scooter. According to Gizmag, Kamen is thought to be using a prototype scooter featuring the Stirling hybrid powertrain at his personal residence on an island a mile off the coast of Connecticut. From the patent drawings, we ... Read more →

More on Kamen's ambitious plans for the Stirling engine Jeremy Korzeniewski

Dean Kamen may be best known as the man behind the iconic and oft-maligned Segway Personal Transporter, but his fertile mind is always full of interesting ideas. Lately, the inventor has turned his ...

Segway on its last legs? Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Segway may be many things, but a sales success it is not. When the little machine was first announced, its inventor, Dean Kamen, proclaimed that it would relegate the car to horse and buggy ...

Dean Kamen going mad in seclusion? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Dean Kamen and his inventions are often mentioned on these here pages, probably most often for the creation he is arguably best known for, the Segway. More recently, the inventor has begun tackling ...

Dean Kamen's Stirling car is an old Ford Th!nk Sebastian Blanco

The other day, we touched on the Stirling engine that Segway-inventor Dean Kamen was working on for a hybrid car. Kamen has now displayed his prototype, based on an old Ford Th!nk, to the media. ...

Dean Kamen working on Stirling engine-assisted electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The internal combustion engine, as we've known it for over a century, is what's known as an open cycle device. That is, the so-called working fluid flows into and out of the engine and is constantly circulated. A closed cycle engine keeps the same working fluid contained within the device and ...

It's Friday: Dean Kamen unveils dung-powered water and electricity generator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This is one of those stories that are just tangentially related to more environmentally friendly transportation. Dean Kamen is, of course, the creator of the Segway transporter. The Segway hasn't exactly taken the world by storm the way Kamen might have envisioned, which is probably due at least in ...


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