{"id":41358,"date":"2009-12-16T07:43:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T07:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/?p=9667"},"modified":"2020-05-23T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T11:56:04","slug":"inside-the-segway-inventor-s-self-sustainable-island-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/inside-the-segway-inventor-s-self-sustainable-island-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Segway inventor\u2019s self-sustainable island home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/independent-island1_PWE5d_24429.jpg\" alt=\"independent island1\" title=\"independent island1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After inventing a wheelchair that climbs stairs, the Segway scooter, and a robotic prosthetic arm that moves based on thought and many others, Dean Kamen takes his ingenious talent a step further by constructing a self-sufficient home for himself. Creating a LED environment on an island, he claims to bring down energy usage by 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/independent-island2_wLhVK_24429.jpg\" alt=\"independent island2\" title=\"independent island2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The three-acre island house stands on North Dumpling Island that lies just off the Connecticut coast. Kamen has installed a 10-kilowatt turbine that provides energy to power up some of his gadgets. The lighthouse also includes solar panels on the roof that track the sun for maximum exposure. 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