Mike Ritland

And B, it uses really cool hardware hacks, like I said, with the lights here that normally it's for emitting light, but now you can reverse that and use it in an unintended way. And you can use really minimal logic

to do what you want and you know i've applied some of that to my cables as well not this specifically just the mindset of like you don't need 10 things in this cable you can strip it down to one if you're really creative wow that's how you that's how you shrink things so um that's that's kind of where that connects with you know like hey let's fake let's focus on uh aesthetics but also minimizing

to do what you want and you know i've applied some of that to my cables as well not this specifically just the mindset of like you don't need 10 things in this cable you can strip it down to one if you're really creative wow that's how you that's how you shrink things so um that's that's kind of where that connects with you know like hey let's fake let's focus on uh aesthetics but also minimizing

to do what you want and you know i've applied some of that to my cables as well not this specifically just the mindset of like you don't need 10 things in this cable you can strip it down to one if you're really creative wow that's how you that's how you shrink things so um that's that's kind of where that connects with you know like hey let's fake let's focus on uh aesthetics but also minimizing

and just using things in unintended ways to get more out of it. So that was... kind of a good point in which it kind of just opened my eyes to also, you know, soldering and electronics, but also the art of it and all that. So yeah, BeamBots, that was a good pausing point for my many hobbies that I would pick up over time that eventually led into what would become the OMG cable.

and just using things in unintended ways to get more out of it. So that was... kind of a good point in which it kind of just opened my eyes to also, you know, soldering and electronics, but also the art of it and all that. So yeah, BeamBots, that was a good pausing point for my many hobbies that I would pick up over time that eventually led into what would become the OMG cable.

and just using things in unintended ways to get more out of it. So that was... kind of a good point in which it kind of just opened my eyes to also, you know, soldering and electronics, but also the art of it and all that. So yeah, BeamBots, that was a good pausing point for my many hobbies that I would pick up over time that eventually led into what would become the OMG cable.

Yeah, so I think this was about 2013. So first, Defense Distributed. It's the company behind the Liberator, which is a 3D-printed gun, and also the Ghost Gunner, which is a desktop mill. that you can mill out a lower receiver, AR-15 platforms was the first commonly.

Yeah, so I think this was about 2013. So first, Defense Distributed. It's the company behind the Liberator, which is a 3D-printed gun, and also the Ghost Gunner, which is a desktop mill. that you can mill out a lower receiver, AR-15 platforms was the first commonly.

Yeah, so I think this was about 2013. So first, Defense Distributed. It's the company behind the Liberator, which is a 3D-printed gun, and also the Ghost Gunner, which is a desktop mill. that you can mill out a lower receiver, AR-15 platforms was the first commonly.

I did not, no. So I got very interested in that. That was done by Cody Wilson. So let's crack that whole topic open a little bit more. So I think it was 2013. There was a lot of experimentation in the 3D printing space with firearms, right? Cody introduced it to the world. He basically inflicted this idea upon the public psyche in this amazing way that just caught my attention in a couple ways.

I did not, no. So I got very interested in that. That was done by Cody Wilson. So let's crack that whole topic open a little bit more. So I think it was 2013. There was a lot of experimentation in the 3D printing space with firearms, right? Cody introduced it to the world. He basically inflicted this idea upon the public psyche in this amazing way that just caught my attention in a couple ways.

I did not, no. So I got very interested in that. That was done by Cody Wilson. So let's crack that whole topic open a little bit more. So I think it was 2013. There was a lot of experimentation in the 3D printing space with firearms, right? Cody introduced it to the world. He basically inflicted this idea upon the public psyche in this amazing way that just caught my attention in a couple ways.

First, it's this approach of like, hey, we're going to give this to the world in a way that is irrevocable. Like... Going back to that, like the police politics concept I was mentioning, it's just like, okay, what if you create something? Like there's voting and opinion having, but you create something and put it in the world. Nothing can change that at that point.

First, it's this approach of like, hey, we're going to give this to the world in a way that is irrevocable. Like... Going back to that, like the police politics concept I was mentioning, it's just like, okay, what if you create something? Like there's voting and opinion having, but you create something and put it in the world. Nothing can change that at that point.

First, it's this approach of like, hey, we're going to give this to the world in a way that is irrevocable. Like... Going back to that, like the police politics concept I was mentioning, it's just like, okay, what if you create something? Like there's voting and opinion having, but you create something and put it in the world. Nothing can change that at that point.

I just thought that was just amazing from like the political standpoint, regardless of what topic or what opinion you may or may not have on firearms, the politics of it and the power of creation was amazing to me. And he did it with a level of art and bravado that was just perfect for the delivery of this.

I just thought that was just amazing from like the political standpoint, regardless of what topic or what opinion you may or may not have on firearms, the politics of it and the power of creation was amazing to me. And he did it with a level of art and bravado that was just perfect for the delivery of this.

I just thought that was just amazing from like the political standpoint, regardless of what topic or what opinion you may or may not have on firearms, the politics of it and the power of creation was amazing to me. And he did it with a level of art and bravado that was just perfect for the delivery of this.

Yeah, another great example of like no opinion on that is going to change its existence. It exists. And like if you're thinking about like real politics and participating, like creation is one of the most powerful things you can do. And that's what I kind of learned from watching that. But yeah, I decided like, hey, I want to know more what they're doing.