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Rockford: Clean water capital?

July 8th, 2008 at 08:11am Michael Cermak

Is it possible there could be future wars over water? With a new invention from Dean Kamen, the man behind the portable dialysis machine, two-wheeled Segway, and now a water filtration machine, perhaps not. If Kamen’s machine could be sold at near-commodity pricing, imagine what it could mean for the world. Moreover, what if Rockford helped manufacture the device? Rockford already has a history with Kamen’s Segway, Danaher makes parts for its gyroscopic motor. Something like this could go a long way to creating new jobs for the area.

See Kamen on the Colbert Report.

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