Perpetual Motion® Podcast
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.
Episodes
July 15, 2025 • 35 mins
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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June 23, 2025 • 55 mins
Michael and Colin talk entrepreneurship, investing, and creativity with American entrepreneur and angel investor Keith Schacht.
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May 19, 2025 • 28 mins
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.
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April 16, 2025 • 57 mins
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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February 26, 2025 • 50 mins
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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February 3, 2025 • 59 mins
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
Guest: Audrey Rumsby
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December 19, 2024 • 86 mins
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.
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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 fro...
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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 fro...
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November 27, 2024 • 69 mins
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...
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...
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November 19, 2024 • 69 mins
Colin Fowler and guest host John Fuller visit TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Listen in as they meet and mingle with the foremost startup entrepreneurs.
- 2:12 Metal Light – is a clean-tech startup that advances metal-air technology and develops clean and sustainable power generators.
- 9:50 BANF – is a Korea-based company that uses sensors to collect data on tire pressure, temperature, tread wear, wheel alignment, and even lug nut stabilit...
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September 12, 2024 • 61 mins
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss pioneering innovation and disruption with serial entrepreneur Nathan Schulhof.
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August 15, 2024 • 53 mins
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 ma...
“But the fundamental truth behind it is, all of this is just stuff made up by humans to ma...
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July 26, 2024 • 60 mins
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...
“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...
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June 18, 2024 • 54 mins
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 ...
“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 ...
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May 29, 2024 • 56 mins
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
“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
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May 1, 2024 • 54 mins
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 ...
“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 ...
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April 9, 2024 • 46 mins
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 th...
[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 th...
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March 8, 2024 • 60 mins
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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February 6, 2024 • 53 mins
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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January 2, 2024 • 30 mins
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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December 14, 2023 • 39 mins
- 1:00 - Eve Vehicles—Drone network that can be safely deployed in an urban environment, allowing first responders to deploy the right resources to address a problem as quickly as possible.
- 10:29 - Advanced Telesensors—Provides completely touchless heart rate and respiratory rate sensing without the use of a wearable for everyday general wellness.
- 12:46 - Keywell.ai—Provides strategic data science and analytics services to help hea...
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