MANCHESTER, NH — Campaigning for president in New Hampshire means rubbing elbows with the movers and shakers, and sometimes includes getting shoved by a world-famous inventor and fellow technophile.
That’s exactly what happened during a campaign stop in Manchester where Yang got to test out Dean Kamen’s iBOT wheelchair, which was is being relaunched after 20 years of development. Yang Tweeted about his adventure:
Had a chance to meet the legendary Dean Kamen this morning in New Hampshire and try one of his inventions – Dean is one of the great American innovators. 👍🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/pU9aLrE8QK
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 28, 2019
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In demonstrating the unique balancing mechanism of the iBOT, Kamen addressed Yang as “Mr. President,” and with a gentle shove backward, showed how if someone were to push him while seated in the precarious-looking wheelchair, he wouldn’t teeter or fall, but simply glide back.
“This president is a cyborg,” Yang said.
Yang’s next scheduled stop was the popular True Brew Barista and Café in Concord Saturday at 10:30 a.m., ending a three-day campaign sweep in New Hampshire, with stops Thursday and Friday in Peterborough, Portsmouth, Hudson and Nashua.