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Inside Magazine To Provide
More Information About IT Invention
Inside magazine promises more information
about famed mystery invention ``Ginger'' -- also known as
``IT'' -- in the next print edition of Inside
magazine, on select newsstands starting later this week.
Inside is a biweekly sibling
publication to entertainment and media business
news service Inside.com.
Investigative reporter and Inside contributor Adam Penenberg
has unearthed new information including trademark
and patent filings, domain registrations, financial transactions,
factory blueprints, and a company linked to
``Ginger'' inventor Dean Kamen, among other evidence. His
findings, featured as a print-only exclusive Inside cover
story, include:
- As many have guessed, "Ginger" has to do with a ground-breaking,
scooter-type vehicle that can balance on two wheels. But the real
revelation is the power behind it - hydrogen, which runs basically
emission-free. "Ginger" represents the first generation of a new mode
of transportation that will compete with and possibly replace
automobiles. The ramifications of a "hydrogen economy" would be
profound on everything from the environment to the energy business to
global politics.
- In subsequent iterations, Kamen intends to retrofit his scooters with
his patented version of the Stirling engine, an almost perpetual motion
machine that could be manufactured for any product that requires power.
- Kamen has created a new company called ACROS, whose goal is to create a
product line that features "motorized, self-propelled, wheeled personal
mobility aids, namely wheel chairs, scooters, carts and chariots," and
that company has begun building a factory in New Hampshire.
Since Inside.com broke the news of Kamen's mystery
invention in January, speculation about what it is has run wild,
prompting massive coverage by national and international media,
the creation of new websites and discussion groups, parodies,
and a worldwide dialogue about the invention and the phenomenon
that has ensued. According to Inside's original report, people
who have seen ``IT,'' including Apple's Steve Jobs, Amazon's
Jeff Bezos, and venture capitalist John Doerr, have variously
described it as being more important than the PC or the Internet
and have said that it will transform cities and the way people live.
``When Inside.com first reported the existence of 'IT' as a
publishing industry scoop, it sparked a real media frenzy,''
says Inside magazine editor-in-chief Richard Siklos. ``But
after the clamor that followed our original story, we just
couldn't resist following through. This story now offers the
most compelling argument to date for what 'IT' actually might be.''
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