I met a man today seeking $5M in VC for an invention.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

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.

[BitcoinBarrel]

Who needs their Garage closed anyway?

[greyhawk]

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

[citboin]

I was wondering why my garage door keeps opening every time I have a soda pop!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

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. 

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.

[Foxpup]

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.