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DTV Shredder By Ben Gulak
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Ben Gulak (born 1989) is a Canadian inventor best known for creating The Uno, an eco-friendly, electric-powered vehicle that bears a resemblance to a motorized unicycle. The vehicle had its first public unveiling in 2008, and was awarded a Top-10 prize on Popular Science's list of 2008 Invention Awards. Gulak founded the Massachusetts-based company BPG Motors, which has also developed a design for The Shredder, a portable all-terrain vehicle with the handlebars of a segway and treads similar to those of a tank.
Early life
Benjamin J. Poss Gulak was born in 1989 in Milton, Ontario. He is the only child of Ken and Sylvie Gulak. His father is in the food business, and his mother is a psychotherapist. Gulak's grandfather was a design engineer, and at a young age Gulak would help his grandfather tinker in his basement machine shop. He spent much of his childhood making model trains, rockets, and other projects, and was a fan of inventor Nikola Tesla. His grandfather died in 2003, and Gulak inherited the machine shop.
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