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Perpetual Motion® Podcast
Hosted by Perkins Coie LLP · EN
Patent attorneys at Perkins Coie LLP have a passion for talking tech. In this series, they take off their attorney hats to interview inventors and technology pioneers on exciting innovations and inventorship-related topics.
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A Room with a View
May 101:09:56Tap to summarizeMichael 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.
Transcribe →Gas Stations in Space
Apr 1501:01:54Tap to summarizeMichael 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.
Transcribe →Agentic Concierge – How to Be in All Places at the Same Time
Feb 2001:07:51Tap to summarizeJoin 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.
Transcribe →Smart Radios Weaving Together the “Internet of Workers
Jan 2801:15:05Tap to summarizeIn 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.
Transcribe →A Perpetual Motion Holiday Special – Wacky Patents
Dec 2300:21:41Tap to summarizeProblems 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. 3,625,0893:34 – Fresh-Air Breathing Device and Method, Patent No. 4,320,7566:31 – Aircraft Landing System, Patent No. 3,380,6909:37 – Device for Waking Persons from Sleep, Patent No. 256,26511:50 – Combination Toy Dog and Vacuum Cleaner, Patent No. 3,771,19213:42 – Internet Canine Communication Device and Method, Patent No. 9,723,81316:32 – Banana Protective Device, Patent No. 6,612,44018:59 – Walking Through Walls Training System, Patent Appl. No. 10,890,635
Transcribe →PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Nov 2500:57:49Tap to summarizeColin 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.
Transcribe →PMP @ Austin Tech Week 2025
Nov 2000:40:04Tap to summarizeMichael 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.
Transcribe →A Fashion Statement
Oct 3000:43:04Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Michael and Colin enter the world of indigenous high fashion with Amber Dawn Bear Robe, curator of Native Fashion Week – Santa Fe.
Transcribe →Testing the Waters of Spacecraft Fuel
Sep 3001:01:10Tap to summarizeMichael 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.
Transcribe →Firing Up the Imagination
Aug 2200:50:25Tap to summarizeMichael and Colin discuss fire pits, problem solving as a key feature of inventing, and perseverance with solo entrepren-eer, John Chadwell.
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