Dean Kamen, world-renowned as an entrepreneur and inventor but best-known to FIRST Robotics members as the tireless advocate for all things science and technology, was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Science & Technology Banquet, hosted annually by the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology. On hand to welcome Mr. Kamen to Minneapolis were Kevin O’Connor, a member and now mentor of Team 2175-Flying Calculators, Woodbury; Sam Check and Nick Rolston of Team 2169-KingTEC, Prior Lake; David Cook and Stef Hornung, Team-1816-The Green Machine, Edina.
