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| The Old Man and the Sea | 14 Sep 2026 | 00:52:08 | |
Michael and Colin discuss seawater, hospital beds, and the drive to creativity with serial inventor and entrepreneur Dale Basgall. | |||
| Smart Remote Production | 25 Aug 2026 | 01:10:47 | |
Colin and Michael welcome Julia Miller, founder of RAVN Networks, Inc. to discuss her work building an all-in-one remote production platform that captures content in the field and safeguards it through blockchain-verified data integrity. | |||
| Surgery By The Numbers | 16 Jul 2026 | 01:10:47 | |
Michael and Colin welcome Dr. Daniel Donoho, founder of the Surgical Data Science Collective (SDSC) and neurosurgeon at Children's National Hospital, to discuss his work advancing surgical training through data science. | |||
| Pop Up Buildings | 18 Jun 2026 | 01:10:16 | |
Michael and Colin welcome Jason Langer, Vice President at Thornton Tomasetti and golf enthusiast, to discuss his work in structural engineering and architecture in volumetric construction and other fields, as well as his experience designing digital golf courses. | |||
| A Room with a View | 01 May 2026 | 01:09:56 | |
Michael and Colin welcome Mitch Braff, founder and CEO of Liquid View and discuss the health benefits of virtual windows, as well as a stint on Sharp Tank. | |||
| Gas Stations in Space | 15 Apr 2026 | 01:01:54 | |
Michael and Colin discuss the space economy, asteroid mining, and building an off-world infrastructure for refueling satellites with Danial Faber, founder and CEO of Orbit Fab. | |||
| Agentic Concierge – How to Be in All Places at the Same Time | 20 Feb 2026 | 01:07:51 | |
Join Perkins Coie partners Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler for a forward-looking conversation with Genies CEO, Akash Nigam, on how avatars are reshaping digital identity, creativity, and community. From the company’s vision and platform to practical use cases, they explore the intersection of avatars and generative AI, what’s possible today, and where the technology is headed next. | |||
| Smart Radios Weaving Together the “Internet of Workers | 28 Jan 2026 | 01:15:05 | |
In this episode, Michael and Colin are joined by their Perkins Coie partner, Janice Ta, as they speak with Ben Burrus and Kevin Turpin of Weavix. Weavix is a company that combines real-time communication with AI-powered analysis of worker-interaction data to transform everyday conversations into actionable insights. | |||
| A Perpetual Motion Holiday Special – Wacky Patents | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:21:41 | |
Problems looking for solutions will always find them. In this special holiday episode, Michael and Colin discuss wacky patents. Timestamps: 0:46 – Gravity Wheel Apparatus, Patent No. 3,625,089 3:34 – Fresh-Air Breathing Device and Method, Patent No. 4,320,756 6:31 – Aircraft Landing System, Patent No. 3,380,690 9:37 – Device for Waking Persons from Sleep, Patent No. 256,265 11:50 – Combination Toy Dog and Vacuum Cleaner, Patent No. 3,771,192 13:42 – Internet Canine Communication Device and Method, Patent No. 9,723,813 16:32 – Banana Protective Device, Patent No. 6,612,440 18:59 – Walking Through Walls Training System, Patent Appl. No. 10,890,635 | |||
| PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | 25 Nov 2025 | 00:57:49 | |
Colin Fowler and guest host, Ben Brokesh, visit TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Listen in as they meet with some of the foremost startup entrepreneurs.
Timestamps: 3:24 – HyWatts (Sam Ruben, CBDO and Co-Founder): Delivers clean, modular energy systems that turn renewable power into reliable electricity.
14:23 – Tesollo (Youngjin Kim, President and CEO; Wooseok Ryu, CTO): Solves complex problems and creates new value for their customers through advanced robotic automation solutions utilizing robotic grippers.
19:46 – Carbon Native Solutions (Keith Crossland, CEO): Invented a new class of multi-objective AI that transforms local industrial waste and minerals into high-performance, carbon-negative cement materials using standard equipment.
29:23 – Steg.AI (Eric Wengrowski, CEO): Trains in-house deep learning models for watermarking and poisoning for use through APIs, web applications, and third-party integrations.
41:27 – Ascender Systems (Jorge Muniz, Co-Founder and CEO): Patented a climbing robot that can scale utility/light/flag poles, pipes, and columns of varying shapes from 3 inches to 22 inches.
49:49 – Ponderosa.ai (Scott Benson, Founding Software Engineer): Develops cost-effective AI-enabled fire suppression drone swarms that can be broadly distributed and prepositioned in areas of high risk. | |||
| PMP @ Austin Tech Week 2025 | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:40:04 | |
Michael Glenn and guest host, Bryce Freund, visit the 2025 Austin Tech Week. Listen as they meet and mingle with some of Austin’s startup entrepreneurs.
Timestamps: 01:51 - Orbit Fab (Daniel Faber, Founding CEO): Founded in 2018 to eliminate the single-use spacecraft paradigm with in-space refueling.
10:50 – DAYY Photonics (Paul Golata): Supports the technological needs of our customers by developing industry-leading light sources and custom photonic solutions.
16:33 – spogan.ai (Joonas Koivuniemi, Co-Founder & CEO): Turns complex data into clear, real-time guidance with voice and visuals.
22:56 – Well Water Finders (Andrew Vandekop): Helps decision makers in real estate, agriculture, county supply, and private land ownership determine not only where groundwater is located, but whether there is enough of it to meet their needs.
30:07 – Alt-Bionics (Jackson Heinz, Co-Founder and CTO): Striving to transform the fields of prosthetics and humanoid robotics with cutting-edge, yet affordable bionic hands. | |||
| A Fashion Statement | 30 Oct 2025 | 00:43:04 | |
In this episode, Michael and Colin enter the world of indigenous high fashion with Amber Dawn Bear Robe, curator of Native Fashion Week – Santa Fe. | |||
| Testing the Waters of Spacecraft Fuel | 30 Sep 2025 | 01:01:10 | |
Michael and Colin speak with the CTO of General Galactic, Luke Neise, about employing a water-based propulsion system in spacecraft to achieve high thrust for rapid maneuver and high efficiency for sustained operations in space. | |||
| Firing Up the Imagination | 22 Aug 2025 | 00:50:25 | |
Michael and Colin discuss fire pits, problem solving as a key feature of inventing, and perseverance with solo entrepren-eer, John Chadwell. | |||
| Meet Lt. Cmdr. Mitchell Kempisty, inventor and entrepreneur | 15 Jul 2025 | 00:35:17 | |
Michael and Colin meet with Lt. Cmdr. Mitchell Kempisty to discuss astronautical engineering, the role of education in invention, and the challenges facing an entrepreneur while serving as a naval executive officer and commanding officer.
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| You Thought it Wasn't Possible | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:55:20 | |
Michael and Colin talk entrepreneurship, investing, and creativity with American entrepreneur and angel investor Keith Schacht.
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| Perpetual Motion Attends the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition | 19 May 2025 | 00:28:27 | |
The Perpetual Motion podcast visits the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition and talks with several of the 42 teams from around the world competing for more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes. Timestamps:
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| A Fish Story | 16 Apr 2025 | 00:57:54 | |
Michael and Colin meet with Lonn Cunningham, a veteran, inventor, and dedicated fisherman. Lonn shares how his mobility disabilities have put him in a unique position to help people find human connection.
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| A Vision Visionary | 26 Feb 2025 | 00:50:31 | |
In this episode, Michael and Colin talk to inventor and professor, John Hetling, about his ground-up process for teaching the next generation of inventors, as well as his novel approach to addressing health issues through scans of the eye.
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| Entrepreneurial Artist | 03 Feb 2025 | 00:59:12 | |
Michael and Colin talk with innovator, creator, director, advocate, and inventor (whew) Audrey Rumsby about unconventional fundraising for art patronage, the preservation of cultural heritage, body dysmorphia, startups, and parenting, to name a few of the topics covered. Guest: Audrey Rumsby | |||
| Celebrating Perpetual Motion’s 50th Episode | 19 Dec 2024 | 01:26:50 | |
For the 50th episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler revisit a number of their past guests to check in with them and see how each of their endeavors have progressed in the intervening years. Timestamps: 03:43 – Lisa Wallace from Episode 8: From Potato Farms to Server Farms 11:57 – Bob Cousins from Episode 9: Meet the Inventor of the Year 21:36 – Craig Grossman from Episode 19: Something Big About Something Small 32:35 – Danny Hillis from Episode 3: Pursuit of Curiosity: Inside an Inventor’s Mind 44:11 – Lisa Myers from Episode 43: A Mother of Invention 53:25 – Eric Bartsch from Episode 32: Electric Aviation Takes Off 1:06:48 – Monica Plath from Episode 16: Tech Takes Toddlers to Task 1:19:53 – Dr. Stephen Thaler from Episode 1: Are All Inventors Humans? | |||
| PMP @ Austin Tech Week 2024 Startup Crawl | 27 Nov 2024 | 01:08:56 | |
Michael Glenn and Vikram Iyengar visit the Austin Tech Week 2024 Startup Crawl. Listen in as they meet and mingle with Austin’s foremost startup entrepreneurs. 01:35 - Everlume Bio – Pioneering a new approach to drug development for rare diseases. 13:01 - Imperium Technologies – Delivering cutting-edge technology that replaces manholes and stethoscopes with web browsers and smartphones. 20:20 - Arovia – Develops nanomaterial tech with display, lighting, energy, and automotive applications. 25:08 - Mindspace AI – Harnesses AI to assist companies with projects from development to deployment, strategy to market success. 36:13 - Applied Bioplastics – Develops new solutions for mass produced bioplastics in the retail, packaging, and medical industries. 39:53 - Quantum Photonics – Aims to create sustainable photonic power networks and liberate humanity from energy scarcity. 42:31 - Cyber Fusion Innovation Center (CFIC) – Aids the U.S. Army Cyber Command in defending the Department of Defense Information Network, delivering cyberspace effects. 43:50 - Nuvothera – A Fort Worth, TX-based biotech company formed by seasoned dermatology pharmaceutical executives with the mission of developing novel over-the-counter products. 51:44 - Space Cowboy – A system to capture and remove small pieces of space debris, reducing operational risk to satellite assets, and stewarding the orbital environment. 56:30 - Hylio – Improves farming by leveraging advanced technologies such as GPS and data analytics. 62:22 - Hollocraft – An eVTOL startup revolutionizing urban air mobility with sustainable, efficient, and user-friendly solutions. 65:54 – Stargaze – An educational and investment app, developed by Godly Money, that operates according to Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI) principles. | |||
| PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 | 19 Nov 2024 | 01:09:42 | |
Colin Fowler and guest host John Fuller visit TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Listen in as they meet and mingle with the foremost startup entrepreneurs.
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| Meet the Father of the MP3 Player | 12 Sep 2024 | 01:00:54 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss pioneering innovation and disruption with serial entrepreneur Nathan Schulhof.
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| LimaCharlie: Cybersecurity – Loud and Clear | 15 Aug 2024 | 00:53:11 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Maxime Lamothe-Brassard of LimaCharlie about cybersecurity as a buildable cloud service. Maxime discusses a thoughtful approach to product development that puts cloud service structure into context in terms of both market forces and the historical development of cybersecurity products. “But the fundamental truth behind it is, all of this is just stuff made up by humans to make a system work. And if you read about it and you go and you try to understand it, you can step through it and you can do it.” - Maxime Lamothe-Brassard, Founder & CEO of LimaCharlie | |||
| The Beat Goes On | 26 Jul 2024 | 01:00:22 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss, inter alia, how passion and anger drive creativity with renaissance man John Dolmayan, drummer with System of a Down, entrepreneur, inventor, artist, author, and founder/CEO of Ship Assure and SGCC, Inc. “Somebody has to be successful, at all times. Why can’t that person be you? That’s the dream. It keeps the dream alive. It keeps you working and putting that effort in to make, make the difference. As long as you dream, you live.” – John Dolmayan, Founder and CEO of Ship Assure and SGCC Inc.; System of a Down drummer | |||
| Here Comes the Sun | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:54:49 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Chris Needham and Frank Oudheusden, engineering consultants in the solar field, about issues faced in designing solar arrays and how radical changes in the market and technology lead to radical adaptations of the associated engineering. “My advice is to find a growth industry where you're not staring at a whole mass of experts that got in before you so that you're allowed to try the new things and to make the mistakes.” - Chris Needham, Manager, Azimuth Advisory Services, LLC | |||
| A Mother of Invention | 29 May 2024 | 00:56:21 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Lisa Myers, inventor of Ceres Chill. As a new mom, she built a successful business aiming to solve the problems she faced in the workplace as a nursing mother and lawyer. “I'm so proud to be working in support of hero moms and families everywhere, bringing science to the table.” - Lisa Myers, CEO and Founder, Ceres Chill | |||
| A "Hip" Surgeon | 01 May 2024 | 00:54:03 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Dr. Cecil Christensen, an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Christensen, a medical pioneer who performed the first hip replacement surgery in the U.S., shares stories and discusses the hard work, foresight, and innovation that guided him on his journey. “I had asked the British surgeon if I could come and work with him the following year. And he says, well, write me a letter. And so I did.” --- Cecil Christensen, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon | |||
| PMP @ The SXSW 2024 Capital Factory Startup Crawl | 09 Apr 2024 | 00:46:39 | |
Join host Michael Glenn and guest host Dan Austin at the Capital Factory 2024 SXSW Startup Crawl. They travel the floor to meet inspiring entrepreneurs and government agency representatives who are bringing about the future of innovation.Your guided tour begins here: [1:55 ] Vlogmi—A social media platform focused on sharing genuine and authentic content to create a positive effect on digital well-being. [7:08 ] EVE—A drone network that can be safely used in an urban environment, allowing first responders to deploy the correct resources to quickly address a problem. [10:17 ] Free Water—An innovative advertising platform utilizing premium spring water packaging as an advertising medium while prioritizing philanthropy and sustainability. [13:54 ] Hubspot—A customer platform combining the software, integrations, and resources to connect a business’s marketing, sales, content management, and customer service. [18:10 ] NUTS—This data-centric security protects sensitive data itself, rather than just the perimeter of the system on which it is stored. [31:54 ] Space Cowboy—A system to capture and remove small pieces of space debris, reducing operational risk to satellite assets, and stewarding the orbital environment. [38:05 ] Sunfish—A user-friendly and person-portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with field-proven artificial intelligence (AI) and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). [44:22 ] Mesodyne—A patented LightCell™ power generator converts any fuel into electricity via light, increasing the endurance of small systems to 10 times that of batteries. | |||
| The Big Picture | 08 Mar 2024 | 01:00:01 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler meet with Barmak Heshmat and Christopher Barsi of Brelyon to discuss their immersive Ultra Reality displays. Their topics include the technical aspects behind the perspective and optics required to achieve a 10’ virtual display from a significantly smaller physical screen.
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| Eyes in the Skies | 06 Feb 2024 | 00:53:01 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss earth observation with Clint Graumann, CEO and co-founder of Nuview, a company that is building a commercial satellite constellation dedicated to annually mapping the planet’s entire land surface using LiDAR technology.
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| Harold and Kumar Go to Perkins | 02 Jan 2024 | 00:30:34 | |
In this episode, Michael and Colin talk to Kumar Gaurav, a former manager on Perkins Coie’s Finance Digital Transformation team. While at the firm, Kumar developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform named Harold, for presenting varied manners of complex financials to firm partners. Kumar describes what the process was like for developing new inventions from within the unique law firm environment.
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| PMP @ Austin Startup Week 2023 | 14 Dec 2023 | 00:39:37 | |
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| PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 | 10 Nov 2023 | 00:53:54 | |
Join host Colin Fowler and guest host Suzana Gadzo as they travel the floor at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 to meet inspiring entrepreneurs committed to creating innovation’s next wave. Your guided tour begins here: Toi Labs - 00:59: provides early detection and health monitoring through advanced toilet technology. Plantiga - 08:28: is a human analytics company focused on gait analytics, sensors, and instrumented footwear. https://petnow.io/en/ PetNow - 16:35: is a biometric pet ID that utilizes a unique pattern of a dogs’ noses and cats’ faces to help find lost pets. Simpleem - 24:10: builds Artificial Emotional Intelligence (AEI) designed to apply AI for humanizing interactions and leverage behavior for success. Helm.AI - 34:48: develops and licenses AI software throughout the L2-L4 autonomous driving stack: perception, intent modeling, path planning and vehicle control. Aviant - 43:28: is a last-mile drone home delivery service. | |||
| Going Big: Increasing Access to Invention | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:52:14 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler meet with Hope Shimabuku, director of the Texas Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to learn how the Patent Office fulfills its mandate of encouraging and protecting innovation, including by reaching out and serving underrepresented and overlooked inventors.
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| Picture This: Searching Video | 06 Sep 2023 | 00:41:37 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Ajay Bam, CEO and co-founder of Vyrill, about indexing the content within hosted videos by timecode to enable direct navigation within videos.
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| Speed Dating for Entrepreneurs | 31 Jul 2023 | 01:08:46 | |
On the third anniversary of the Perpetual Motion podcast, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler meet with Chris Beaman, founder of Astronomic, a matchmaking service that helps entrepreneurs, founders, and investors build their professional networks. Prior to Astronomic, Chris was in marketing and developed some of the first influencer campaigns by brokering relationships between social media personalities and brands.
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| Electric Aviation Takes Off | 29 Jun 2023 | 01:00:26 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Eric Bartsch, co-founder and chief executive officer, and Erik Lindbergh, co-founder and executive chairman, of VerdeGo Aero, about the application of hybrid-electric generators to power electric motors on airplanes, improving efficiency and maneuverability. The future of flight is electric.
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| Orchestrating Serendipity | 25 May 2023 | 00:50:48 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Aarash Darroodi, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, about humanity’s common language—music. Aarash takes us on a journey that includes the movement of music across cultures; current innovations in music, including the acoustasonic guitar; and the future of artificial intelligence (AI) as an influence on musical style.
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| Rocky Mountain Innovation | 10 May 2023 | 00:42:12 | |
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler sit down with Molly Kocialski, the director of the Rocky Mountain region of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as she shares stories about innovation in the climate tech space and programs at the USPTO that incentivize further discovery. Molly explains the value of research and quantification when pursuing end solutions.
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| PMP @ SXSW® 2023 | 03 Apr 2023 | 00:52:18 | |
For the second year in a row, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler visit the South By Southwest® Creative Industries Expo. Join us as we travel the floor to meet inspiring entrepreneurs and government agency representatives that are bringing about the future of innovation. Your guided tour begins here: 00:41: EverCase is disrupting the freezing process using electrical and magnetic fields to prevent ice crystals from forming. 13:48: Visual Note is a device that instantly turns a guitar into a musical learning system using LED lights. 22:51: Russell Photonic Guitar is a next-generation musical instrument that uses mathematical processes to accurately convert electric guitar signals into accurate MIDI data. 27:50: Numbers is a decentralized asset network for creating community, value, and trust in digital media. 33:18: Transcentdance is a form of entertainment that converts scents into dances and recreates them in augmented reality (AR), allowing people to interact with scents as a temporal and spatial art form. 38:29: Phantom Snack lets you enjoy the sensation of crunching and munching tasty snacks without putting anything in your mouth.41:03: The CIA gives U.S. leaders the intelligence they need to keep our country safe 41:03: CIA gives U.S. leaders the intelligence they need to keep our country safe. 47:09: The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals, and first responders. | |||
| A Festival of Creativity | 14 Feb 2023 | 01:01:41 | |
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss the genesis of South by Southwest (SXSW) with Hugh Forrest, the festival’s co-president and chief programming officer. Hugh describes the processes for selecting programming and what happens every year when hundreds of thousands of the world’s creative avant-garde descend on Austin for SXSW.
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| Magic Waves | 19 Jan 2023 | 01:10:31 | |
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Gene Dolgoff, CEO at Holobeam Technologies Inc., about applications of holograms and wave interference to achieve the “teleportation” of energy. Gene has developed an array of wave emitters that align waves in such a manner that causes destructive wave interference where energy is not desired and constructive interference where the energy is desired. Among other uses, the selective effect of coordinated wave interference enables the removal of cancer cells without harming surrounding, healthy tissue.
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| PMP @ Austin Startup Week | 21 Dec 2022 | 00:56:43 | |
Michael Glenn and guest host Andy Pettit visit the 2022 Austin Startup Week Crawl. Listen in as they meet and mingle with Austin’s foremost startup entrepreneurs. The guided tour begins here:(1:11) - Clearity Health seeks to enable affordable healthcare for all. Clearity Health is not an insurance company, but a place where individuals can compare healthcare prices provided by real people in their areas.(9:27) - Modgarden is a modular, organic vegetable growing appliance designed particularly for the urban dweller.(17:18) - Austin-based Creative 3D Technologiesdesigns and manufactures advanced 3D printers and manufacturing platforms. The company aims to enable the ability to create without the typical constraints of design limitations, high costs, or supply chains.(24:21) - Fetii offers an on-demand group transportation and ride-sharing service complete with a user-friendly app. Fetii provides franchisees with the vehicles and technology needed to assist groups and businesses on demand.(26:24) - Fit Lift is a fitness platform that can be used on any iPhone or iPad. It provides real-time data and feedback during the user’s workout, providing instant guidance on the need to speed up, slow down, adjust posture, change weights, and more.(35:39) - Kegsafe uses state-of-the-art technology and software to provide the market’s most accurate system of keg inventory management.(38:18) - SKAN analyzes existing code repositories and issue tracker data to understand human factors and boost productivity.(45:01) – Rockdrill Research (Space Cowboy) designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Space Cowboy works to rein in the rapidly growing issue of space debris. | |||
| Inventing Inclusion | 06 Dec 2022 | 01:06:26 | |
Michael Glenn, Colin Fowler, and guest host Lara Dueppen speak with NaThanya Ferguson of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Office of Innovation Outreach. This episode touches upon topics concerning unrepresented groups of inventors, including the historical underrepresentation of women as named inventors on patent applications. NaThanya highlights a number of inspirational inventor stories, and the group discusses what is currently being done, and what can still be done, to address the need to include everyone in the patent process. “Please follow this link to learn more - Inventor and Entrepreneurship Resources webpage: www.uspto.gov/inventors” | |||
| PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 | 08 Nov 2022 | 01:06:38 | |
Colin Fowler and guest host Al Araiza traverse the floor at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 in search of creativity. Your guided tour begins here: 1:25 – Neubility innovates the delivery industry with self-driving delivery robots, redefining how items are transported within cities. 7:15 – Simply-Bread provides microbakers with the products and services they need to be successful entrepreneurs while nourishing their communities. 14:56 – Eliza Dolls teaches young girls how to code and build hardware through custom, tech-enabled projects based on the things girls love. 20:35 – Munevo is a proportional head control for electric wheelchairs. Based on Smartglasses, Munevo helps people with disabilities achieve more independent mobility and self-determination. 28:45 – Neurode is developing a non-invasive wearable device to improve cognitive performance for people with neurological conditions such as ADHD. 35:34 – PregnanTech aims to revolutionize obstetrics and newborn pediatric medicine by reducing the rate of preterm birth worldwide. 41:41 – ECM’s use of an interconnected, multi-layered printed circuit board as the stator fundamentally changes the way electric motors/generators are designed and manufactured. 51:18 – 4Earth builds robotic water treatment tech in a box for factories, manufacturing companies, and the oil and gas industry. 1:01:33 – Woosh is a smart air filter that automatically monitors the air quality in real time and transmits the data, via Wi-Fi, to a mobile app. | |||
| The Societal Impact of Invention | 17 Oct 2022 | 01:19:28 | |
Michael And Colin discuss the effect of innovation, and particularly artificial intelligence, on society with Rachel Dooley, Liz Grennan, and Ilona Logvinova of McKinsey. The group discusses what it means for an AI to be responsible including the management of training data and careful consideration of learning algorithms and the role start-ups play in the development of responsible AI.
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| A Better Way To Chill | 27 Sep 2022 | 01:12:48 | |
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Erik Kulstad, cofounder of Attune Medical, about inventing and marketing new medical equipment. Attune Medical develops devices that give healthcare providers easy access to a patient’s core and allow precise temperature control, whether warming or cooling, through the esophagus when clinically indicated.
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| Web3: New Uses For New Technology | 16 Aug 2022 | 01:12:40 | |
Michael and Colin discuss the future of enterprise computing, Web3, interoperable blockchain networks, and the end of siloed information with Steve Cerveny, Founder and CEO of Kaleido. The conversation focuses on elements and tools of Web3 that go beyond the initial financial services use cases. Learn more about Kaleido here: https://www.kaleido.io | |||