Detail Drinking-water Act   Oleh:  Pelroth, Nicole Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: Forbes Asia vol. 5 no. 13 (Sep. 2009), page 56. Topik: Inventor; Segway; Water Purifying Device Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: FF5.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Undeterred by the failure of the Segway, Dean Kamen is onstage with his next big production: a box that burns cow manure to purify water. Kamen spent a decade and $100 million developing the gyroscopically balanced transportation device (Credit Suisse and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers each injected $38 million), investing in factories that could churn out $480,000 units a year. He predicted it would crush everything from the golf cart to global warming, becoming to the car "what the car was to the horse and buggy". Yet when the much-hyped vehicle finally arrived in 2001, consumers took one look and dismissed it as a $3,000 glorified scooter. Eight years later cumulative sales sales juts passed 50,000 units. Its target customer is the mall cop. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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