04.09.2024 | PMP @ The SXSW 2024 Capital Factory Startup Crawl
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.

03.08.2024 | The Big Picture
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.

02.06.2024 | Eyes in the Skies
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.

01.02.2024 | Harold and Kumar Go to Perkins
In this episode, Michael and Colin talk to Kumar Gaurav, a former manager on Perkins Coie’s Finance Digital Transformation team. 

12.14.2023 | PMP @ Austin Startup Week 2023
Michael Glenn and guest host Andy Pettit visit the 2023 Austin Startup Week Crawl. Listen in as they meet and mingle with Austin’s foremost startup entrepreneurs

11.10.2023 | PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
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.

10.12.2023 | Going Big: Increasing Access to Invention
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.

09.06.2023 | Picture This: Searching Video
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.

07.31.2023 | Speed Dating for Entrepreneurs
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.

06.29.2023 | Electric Aviation Takes Off
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.

05.30.2023 | Orchestrating Serendipity
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.

05.10.2023 | Rocky Mountain Innovation
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.

04.03.2023 | PMP @ SXSW® 2023
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.

02.14.2023 | A Festival of Creativity
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.

01.19.2023 | Magic Waves
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.

12.21.2022 | PMP @ Austin Startup Week
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.

12.06.2022 | Inventing Inclusion
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.

11.08.2022 | PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2022
Colin Fowler and guest host Al Araiza traverse the floor at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 in search of creativity.

10.17.2022 | The Societal Impact of Invention
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss the effect of innovation, particularly innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), on society with Rachel Dooley, Liz Grennan, and Ilona Logvinova of McKinsey & Company. The group discusses what it means for AI to be responsible. They highlight contributing factors to responsible AI including the management of training data, careful consideration of learning algorithms, and the role startups play in AI development.

09.27.2022 | A Better Way To Chill
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.

08.16.2022 | Web3: New Uses For New Technology
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler 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.

07.12.2022 | Leveraging and Fostering AI Innovation at the USPTO
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss artificial intelligence (AI) innovations that examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are increasingly using to evaluate the innovative applications before them. Leading the discussion is Jerry Ma, the Director of Emerging Technology at the USPTO.

06.14.2022 | Something Big About Something Small
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Craig and Ingrida Grossman of Gman BioTech about the development of antibacterial surface coatings and bacterial/viral tracing systems. Gman BioTech focuses on the importance of understanding and controlling the environment in which bacterial and viral threats thrive.

05.03.2022 | PMP @ SXSW®
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler visit the 2022 South by Southwest® Creative Industries Expo. After a two-year hiatus from live events, the festival is back. Join us as we meet a cross section of the exhibitors, explore their ideas, and share their enthusiasm and energy.

03.31.2022 | What Does It Mean to be an Inventor?
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler chat with fellow Perkins Coie patent attorney Vikram Iyengar about the pathway from inventor-engineer to intellectual property attorney, interwoven with an immigrant origin and the cultural expectations of Generation X in India. Vikram further contemplates the meaning of the word “inventor,” the environment of inventing in teams, and reflects on his early experiences interacting with patent attorneys from his current perspective as an attorney.

03.08.2022 | Tech Takes Toddlers to Task
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler, joined by guest host Sumedha Ahuja, speak with Monica Plath, the founder and CEO of Littlebird Connected Care. Monica shares her journey of being an inventor and entrepreneur, and she reveals the driving forces behind Littlebird—her own two little ones.

02.22.2022 | The Humble Transistor
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Ray Kampmeier, an electrical engineering consultant and product developer, about the challenges and rewards of designing and developing electronics products from proof-of-concept prototyping to mass-production and overseas manufacturing strategy.

01.18.2022 | A Fantastic Voyage With Ingestible Robots
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Torrey Smith and James Erd, creators of the Endiatx PillBot, a remote-operated multivitamin-sized diagnostic robot that, once ingested, navigates around within the patient’s GI tract to capture medical data. Torrey and James discuss their passion for invention, failure as a source of inspiration, and turning problems into opportunities.

12.14.2021 | The Alchemy of Alcohol
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Terance Robson to discuss the exacting standards, endless experimentation, creativity, invention, science, art, passion, and occasional serendipity that goes into blending the perfect cocktail.

11.18.2021 | Dogged Pursuit of Invention
In this episode, Michael and Colin talk with Art Simon, a retail product developer. Art shares his insights on developing and inventing consumer products. Specifically, Art discusses the invention of the Molly Mutt dog bed which makes use of an owner’s scent to appeal to our canine friends.

10.21.2021 | Your Genetic Code Will Be Your Passcode
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Estelle Giraud, CEO & Co-Founder of Navnetics, Inc., a bioinformatics startup. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field combining computer science with genomics/molecular biology. We discuss Estelle’s path toward that interdisciplinary background, along with her thoughts and inventions on both privacy and ethics in a world where genomic data is becoming increasingly available.

09.09.2021 | Invention Is Only the First Step
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Tyler Peppel, a serial entrepreneur, about his perspective on invention and how it is only a first step in the creative process. Other discussion topics include how to time innovation to coincide with market potential and new approaches to education.

07.19.2021 | Meet the Inventor of the Year
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Bob Cousins, a recent recipient of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association’s Inventor of the Year Award. Bob is an interdisciplinary inventor who applies history to problems in order to invent new solutions.

06.03.2021 | From Potato Farms to Server Farms
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Lisa Wallace, co-founder of software company Assemble. A serial entrepreneur, Lisa got her start in web security and cryptography focusing on network analysis from an external point of view and machine learning email analysis. We will discuss navigating career transitions, life as a woman in the tech world, and more.

03.17.2021 | Journey of the First-Time Entrepreneur
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk to Sam Thapaliya, a Nepalese immigrant inventor and startup founder. Sam had not seen a computer until he was 13 but he now develops innovative computer vision techniques. He will discuss the process involved in developing connections, hiring, and funding to support a startup and, of course, the workings of his technology, which focuses on integration of ad space onto surfaces displayed within streaming video.

02.26.2021 | The Wondrous Workings in the World of Wi-Fi
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Joseph Emmanuel of Netgear about the difficulties of inventing within the constraints of restrictive protocols, such as those associated with WiFi, and making use of highly limited input streams to develop rich functionality.

01.21.2021 | To Infinity and Beyond—Perpetual Motion Visits MARS
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn speak with Aaron Davis and Scott Stegman of MARS, who have invented a fundamentally new style of rocket engine using an air-breathing toroidal combustion chamber that has no moving parts. The rocket uses ambient fluids (air or otherwise) to achieve unprecedented efficiency in power-to-weight ratios.

12.21.2020 | We Drew a Map to a Better Place
In this episode, Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn sit down with Gilly Roswell, an entrepreneur and music supervisor who produces film scores. Gilly’s long hours spent researching cultural context for music to fit the settings of films led him to invent Tunesmap, a program that provides cultural context for any searched song. Tunesmap places period-relevant photographs, print media, merchandise, etc., at the user’s fingertips.

09.24.2020 | In Pursuit of Curiosity: Inside an Inventor’s Mind
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn talk with Danny Hillis, an early pioneer in parallel computing, knowledge graph-based search engines, and cancer diagnosis, among many other achievements.

08.24.2020 | When Seconds Count: Emergency Response for a Modern Age
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn sit down with Dr. Odelia Braun, founder of Emergency University, to discuss innovations that improved EMS response time and modern pandemic tracing.

07.08.2020 | Are All Inventors Human?
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn interview Dr. Stephen Thaler, a pioneer in the field of AI. Thaler has invented “DABUS,” an AI that he credits with inventorship on two patent applications filed in each of the U.S. and European patent offices. Thaler discusses the joys and difficulties of living with a creative AI.