Perpetual Motion® Podcast

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Patent attorneys at Ashurst 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.

  1. Jul 16

    Surgery By The Numbers

    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.

  2. Jun 18

    Pop Up Buildings

    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.

  3. May 1

    A Room with a View

    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.

  4. Apr 15

    Gas Stations in Space

    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.

  5. Feb 20

    Agentic Concierge – How to Be in All Places at the Same Time

    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.

  6. Jan 28

    Smart Radios Weaving Together the “Internet of Workers

    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.

  7. 12/23/2025

    A Perpetual Motion Holiday Special – Wacky Patents

    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

  8. 11/25/2025

    PMP @ TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

    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.

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Patent attorneys at Ashurst 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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  • Creator
    Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    68
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP
  • Show Website
    Perpetual Motion® Podcast