Ummm... If I'm not mistaken the army actually begged him to develop the arm.
Yeah most people who bash the Segway forget that the technology came from a wheelchair that isn't really a hot product either. The sad fact is that Kamen was on the right track. Wheelchairs are horribly engineered to the point where people are actually safer running down busy city streets than on the sidewalks.
It's a joint research project with the arm being half of the project. I forgot when and what hospital is doing the other half.
John Hopkins according to the article. I guess the idea is to build the best thing science could provide now and then work on the science for developing a neurally controlled arm.
