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Other => Off-topic => Topic started by: Phinnaeus Gage on July 23, 2013, 04:19:04 AM



Title: I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on July 23, 2013, 04:19:04 AM
This guy stopped by today to purchase some barn wood from me. After completing the sale, we rapped for a while. He told me his brother patented an invention and was about to secure $5M in VC.

The invention is a device to automatically open a/the garage door when the CO2 reaches a certain level. The door(s) can not be closed unless the CO2 level is safe/normal. Why the fuck didn't any of us think of that?

I asked him the price point of said device, whereupon he informed me it'll be in the $30-$50 range. The prototype set him back $180.

Totally fuckin' amazing!

Then we spoke about Bitcoin. The last time I turned somebody onto Bitcoin, he put $10K(?) into Bitcoinica. He's still waiting for his money of which is tied up in Mt Gox. Hopefully, this guy doesn't stumbled upon BitFloor III.


Title: Re: I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.
Post by: BitcoinBarrel on July 23, 2013, 07:10:10 AM
Who needs their Garage closed anyway?


Title: Re: I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.
Post by: greyhawk on July 23, 2013, 08:04:04 AM
You'll want to check for Carbon Monoxide not Carbon Dioxide.

Also this exists already.

http://garagedoorguyblog.blogspot.de/2011/01/carbon-monoxide-detector-signals-garage.html


Title: Re: I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.
Post by: citboin on July 23, 2013, 01:17:43 PM
I was wondering why my garage door keeps opening every time I have a soda pop!


Title: Re: I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on July 23, 2013, 06:55:53 PM
You'll want to check for Carbon Monoxide not Carbon Dioxide.

Also this exists already.

http://garagedoorguyblog.blogspot.de/2011/01/carbon-monoxide-detector-signals-garage.html

I was only off by one mole.  ;D

That's the guy! It was his brother, Steve, that I met.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-vole/29/96/247 Second Chance is the name of the company Steve mentioned.


Title: Re: I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.
Post by: Foxpup on July 24, 2013, 04:00:33 AM
The invention is a device to automatically open a/the garage door when the CO2 reaches a certain level. The door(s) can not be closed unless the CO2 level is safe/normal. Why the fuck didn't any of us think of that?
Because nobody wants to explain to their insurance company how the burglar managed to unlock the door from the inside with nothing more than a length of hose attached to the exhaust of their getaway vehicle? But don't worry, I have a solution. It's a device that allows gases to escape through a tube that is too narrow for a person to fit through. I call it a "ventilation duct". Please give me $5M to develop this idea.