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Slideshow: Inside Segway Inventor's Off-Grid Island Home
Credit: John Brandon Miller
Inside Segway Inventor's Off-Grid Island Home
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Energy-saving LED lighting—plus solar, wind and geothermal systems—have turned Segway inventor Dean Kamen’s second home into a net-zero island.
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For generating fresh water on a pile of rock surrounded by the sea, Kamen also plans to turn to another of his inventions, a vapor-compression distiller that he claims can produce purified water from any source, even toxic waste. His goal is to use his vapor-compression distillers to desalinate the salt water for drinking, washing and domestic use.
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