Slingshot Questions

1.

Harvir Kandola

What is Deans most famous invention?

He invented the Segway

2.

What was Deans first invention?

3.

What are 50% of all human disease caused by?

By dirty or bad water.

4.

What is the name of Deans latest invention (the water distiller)?

Slingshot

5.

What organization did Dean form for students?

Robotics

6.

What company did Dean work with for the clean water project?
deca

7.

Where did the name Slingshot come from?

8.

How many liters of water will the Slingshot produce every day?
1000 liters of water

9.

What does Dean compare the Ghana prototype to?

To the alpha prototype

10.

What were some of the problems with the Ghana prototype?

People water in dirty jugs

11.

Dean has a silent partner. Who is it?

It is his teddy bear

12.
Women in underdeveloped countries spend how many hours looking
for drinking water?
4 hours
13.

What happens when the water found was not good water?

The people that drink the bad water they die. They have to bury the
person the next day.
14.

What is one machine Dean Wishes was invented now?

A time machine

15.

Why should we care about what Slingshot does?

Because it can clean all the dirty water and it will save a lot of peoples lives.

16.

What is a world problem you think we should fix?

Water shortages and food shortages

17.
If you are on a FIRST team, how does FIRST prepare you to solve
problems?

18.

Why is it important not to quickly dismiss new ideas?

Because if you dismiss those new ideas they could help you in the future.