Textbook Pages 29-30 Summary

In the article, Innovations for the Developing World, the author states Dean Kamen, who invented a generator and water-cleaning machine which everybody can use easily. First, the author describes the way of Kamen’s testing about his generator using prototypes. The generator is so efficient because it increases people’s productivity and enlarges people’s free time. Next, water-cleaning machine called Slingshot is very simple and easy to use. Kamen pursues economic model, and he considers importantly about entrepreneurs. The article concludes by referring the local distribution model, which makes convenience of clean water and electricity, also makes economic chances for local people.