Innovation Freak

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Announcement 10/18

Let's dive into how mosquitoes work.

Finally, an amazing truck/SUV that is a beast on and off the road.

Let's dive into AR.

It's time to talk about the Radius.

It's time to talk about brain waves.

As our home devices get smarter we find it hard to manage all of these devices. Smart Homes is an integration company that ties all of these smart devices into one seamless integration app. 

I got to chat with Jimin Ryu from Dot and the mission of the company blew me away. This company isn't just making a smartwatch for the visually impaired, they are also tackling some other devices for the visually impaired like a Kindle.

After 10 years of development, smart textiles is here.

Have you seen Ready Player One?

Today I get the amazing pleasure of chatting with Michael Eaton who is one of the co-founders of Íko. Most of us wouldn't sign up to work 80 hour weeks on our company while finishing your degree at Cornell but that's exactly how Íko came to life.  

Yes, you heard me right, this weeks guest has made it possible to listen to music underwater! 

Just the concept of 3d printing an organ or tissue is crazy, let alone having this crazy idea come to life. In this episode, I get to talk to one of the amazing innovators leading this new endeavor.

In this episode, I get to chat with the amazing innovator behind the Rafael smart glove. This smart glove is changing the way we think about the physical therapy rehabilitation process by gamification. 

Sometimes companies will take an existing product and make it marginally better but Arevo is not one of those companies. Arevo has taken an amazing technology and took it to a completely new level. This new technology is a 6 axis 3d printer. 

A wearable device that can reduce or eliminate your stress or anxiety in 30 seconds? It almost sounds too good to be true but after chatting with Vicki Mayo from Touchpoint Solutions I learn the true science behind their device... Now I need to try one.

When thinking about a solution to any problem, I'm sure many ideas run through your head but how do you narrow down those ideas to find the best option? This dilemma was one of the biggest hurdles Säll Hans and his team faced at eRoadArlanda in helping solve the issue of how to charge a moving electric vehicle.    

As we all know technology is moving at lightning speed and its not going to slow down any time soon. In this episode, I chat with an amazing innovator that has created an underwater 4k drone.

I hope your not hungry right now because in this episode I chat with Mark Graham from Grilla Grills to talk about their amazing new pellet grill. We dive into where the idea of this pellet grill came from and how Mark took his idea and turned it into a thriving company.

This new innovative life preserver is a must have if you are going to be near any body of water this summer. In this episode, I get to chat with Luis from the OneUP team that has created a life preserver the size of a soda can that inflates as soon as it hits the water. I know many of you right now are thinking that this is too good to be true but it is here, so tune into this episode to see how this amazing device came to life.

I don't know about you but I can't stand needles! During this episode, I get to chat with Patrick Anquetil who is the CEO of Portal Instruments, a company that has developed an amazing needleless injection device. I might actually consider getting my flu shot next year if they have one of these devices.    

Wouldn't it be cool if you had an AI assisted personal robot? What would a personal robot even do? How could it make life easier? And what does AI (artificial intelligence) assisted robot mean? All of these questions are tackled in this interview with Danny Isserles from a company called Temi. 

As I search the internet I am always coming across amazing products, but sometimes I run into products that just make me say "wow". That is exactly what happened to me when I came across LifeStraw. 

In this interview with Alex Teichman, CEO and co-founder of a company called Lighthouse, he shows one great example of how AI systems can be used in many amazing ways. Alex and his team have built an AI-assisted security camera system that puts security on a whole new level. Lighthouse is a fundamentally new type of security camera that combines computer vision and voice.

By now most of you have heard of a 3d printer and have a general idea of how they work. You also know there are many areas where 3d printers can be improved and as you will soon find out re3D is making a huge leap to the next level.

Will the new Idolcam replace most of the YouTubing/video equipment? In this episode I get to chat with Jason Lam who is the inventor of the Idolcam, which is an all in one video recording tool. Some of the features that the Idolcam has is lights, a 3 axis gimbol, 4k resolution camera, an app that allows motion control of the camera, and a unique small size compared to most of the 4k vlogging cameras out there. The story of how Jason got to the Idolcam is amazing and you dont want to miss it.

Today's guest has taken innovative technology and combined it with fitness at the Sacramento Eco Fitness gym in California. This unique gym is using their equipment, specifically their spinning bikes, to create electricity for their building. By harnessing the energy created from people working out on these spinning bikes, Sacramento Eco Fitness has taken their electric bill that was through the roof and reduced it to about $30/month. 

After watching the kickstarter campaign video for the new Quin Essential Design helmets, I was hooked immediately! This new helmet could potentially save lives of people involved in motorcycle crashes, especially if the rider was by himself. And of course this concept all came from one specific motorcycle accident.

As I was chatting with Jonah Myerberg from Desktop Metal, I realized that there is a much larger mission behind the company than what meets the eye. Jonah dives into some of the pains that his team has set out to eliminate in regards to metal 3D printing and have succeeded with flying colors.

Being an outdoor enthusiast, I was instantly drawn to the innovation behind a folding kayak. I was lucky enough to chat with Pete Flood, who is the founder and creator of the Coho Folding Kayak. I never realized how much time and effort goes into bringing some of these special products to market but Pete lets us in on the crazy journey of his folding kayak. 

At this point everyone has heard of aerial drones and have most likely seen one at some point and many of you innovation freaks out there have one. But we have not heard much about underwater drones yet. Well today I am bringing to you an episode where I get to chat with Danny Vessells who in one of the co founders of the Fathom One, an amazing underwater drone that is helping us discover our water ways around us.

From Harry Potter to 3d printing?.... Wait what? Today's guest, Tyler Caros from Air Wolf 3D shares his amazing story of how he went from working for Warner Brothers creating Harry Potter artwork to becoming totally fascinated with 3d printing, which led him to Air Wolf 3D. 

Thermacell is a company that is at war with one of the deadliest animals on the planet, the Mosquito! The Mosquito accounts for 1 million deaths a year according to the World Health Orginization. Now Thermacell is not trying to make the Mosquito extinct, they have narrowed their research into how to keep the Mosquito's away from you. I got to chat with Adam Chojnaski who is the VP of Product and Innovation at Thermacell. Adam goes into detail about how the company continues to think outside of the box to keep people safe.

I never know what kind of stories the person has on the other end of that skype call before I hit that record button. And it only took about 30 seconds to realize that Matt Pearson from Alauda Racing had an amazing story to tell but I guess you should expect that from someone that is making the first "flying race car" come to life.

I got the pleasure of chatting with Evan Price who is the CEO of a company called CO2 Solutions. As the name implies Evan and his team work around the clock trying to solve one of the worlds biggest problems and that is CO2 levels. We all have heard of how CO2 negatively affects the world as a whole but it makes your day that much better when you hear about companies like CO2 Solutions.

Crazybaby is just as innovative as their name implies. I got to chat with Matt Nelson who is the VP of Marketing and Sales and has been with the Crazybaby from day 1! Matt shares a sneak peak behind the scenes of how crazy baby continues to be so innovative. Matt also talks about the Mars speak which is a speaker that levitates above the base, clearly making it one of the most innovative speakers out there. Trying to come out with an innovative product that is on the same level as the Mars speaker is no easy task but somehow the Crazybaby team pulled it off with their newest product the Air Nano earpods.

I got the pleasure of getting to speak with Joe Casha who is also known as the 3D Maker Noob on YouTube. Joe has helped 1000’s and 1000’s of people with his 3d printing videos. His videos range from individual settings on the printer to doing full on live builds for his audience. Joe shares one of his craziest moments while he was doing a live build!!

When most people think of the future one of the first things that pop in their minds is transportation and more specifically cars. Rinspeed has been doing this for the past 40 years except they were making their dreams of a future car a reality. One of their most innovative vehicles in their fleet is the squba a sports car that can also dive like a submarine. If that's not innovation I don't know what is.

This episode is very special because I get to chat with Jon Schull who is one of the volunteers that has helped e-NABLE become the movement that it is today. e-NABLE which is also known as Enabling the Future is a community of volunteers that have helped create a movement to help people that need prosthetic hands. Enable finds people that have 3d printers and are willing to print and donate a hand to someone in need.  

In this episode Anna Henley explains how Hummingbird Technologies is using the combination of drones and an artificial intelligence farming platform they built, to optimize farming in almost every aspect when it comes to anything in the fields.

This is a special episode where I get to chat with the inventor of Mr.Trash Wheel John Kellett as well as the director of WaterFront Partnership Adam Lindquist which is the non for profit company that runs Mr.Trash Wheel. For those of you who don’t know, Mr.Trash Wheel is an iconic trash collection machine that sits at the mouth of where the Jones Falls river meets the Baltimore bay. Mr.Trash Wheel has collected 1.8 MILLION pounds of trash since 2014 and counting.  

As many of you know drones are everywhere. You can't go anywhere without seeing one for sale or someone flying one but most people don't see the danger that drones could pose if they were to fall into the wrong hands, which is where Droneshield comes in. Droneshield is a company that was started to protect  against drones threatening safety, security, and privacy.

A Drone? A Helicopter? A flying car? The Surefly is an amazing example of innovation at its finest. The Workhorse team has taken advantage of the ever evolving and growing drone technology as well as advances in electric motors, batteries, and autonomous navigation systems to make an amazing reinvented helicopter.

This podcast interview is where I get to talk with the CEO and founder of Delfast, Daniel Tonkopiy. Where out of necessity one of the best Ebikes on the market was born. Daniel and his team recently (10/17) broke a world record of longest distance traveled on a single charge and they don't plan to stop innovating there. Swing over to Itune or Stitcher to check out the podcast. Don't forget to leave a review and subscribe, so you will be notified when a new podcast comes out.

How cool would it be to have your own personal drone follow you around, while recording your most amazing moments, yeah that moment where you and your friends say “man I wish we had that on video, that was awesome!”. Well now you can thanks to the moto team. The original lily drone was born in 2015 with a lot of promises that went along with all of the excitement of drone. After 60,000 pre orders and some pretty big promises the original lily drone company (Lily Robotics) went belly up, but that’s not the end of the story for this awesome drone. The Moto group team revived and improved the original vision of the Lily drone and that’s where the Lily Next Gen Drone was born. This new drone has all of the latest and greatest technology that you can fit in a small drone (see the table for all of the specs). Some of the cool features of this drone are smart hover, follow me, and self drive (from your phone) mode.

I got to interview a college grad from MIT who realized that the senior project him and his team were working on could turn into a business. This group of seniors set out to solve a very challenging problem of how to keep the body feeling comfortable even though the environment around them isn't at a satisfying level. Thus the Embr Wave bracelet was born. Have you ever been cold and ran your hands under warm water and instantly felt warmer? That is exactly sensation that the Embr Wave achieves with both warming and cooling capabilities. This is what innovation is all about. Tune into this episode and let me know what you think by leaving a review on itunes or stitcher. Don't forget to subscribe to get notifications when more awesome episodes are released!

Ever think about 3d printing a bus? Have you ever thought of 3d printing a full autonomous bus? Well Local Motors has and they have made that dream and reality. Olli is a 3d printed fully autonomous electric bus that is changing the transportation system in large cities as we speak. I was lucky enough to interview their VP of marketing Brittany Stotler. During this interview we talk about how Local Motors continues to be a leader in innovation.