Squid Labs was an American independent research and development company founded by a group of four MIT graduates.
In 2004, Colin Bulthaup, Dan Goldwater, Saul Griffith, and Eric Wilhelm moved from the East Coast to California to found the company known as Squid Labs.
[1] During its years of existence from 2004 to 2007, Squid Labs added three more members to its team: Geo Homsy, Corwin Hardham and Ryan McKinley.
and created a handful of patents and inventions including an electronically sensed rope, portable pull-cord generators, and a machine that could manufacture eyeglasses of any prescriptions at extremely low cost.
"[7][11] Potenco -A company that designs and produces portable pull-cord generators (PCG) for third-world countries and natural disasters.
Colin is founder of Kovio Inc., a company that prints low-cost integrated circuits, and in 2001 was recognized as one of the top 100 innovators under the age of 35 by Technology Review Magazine.
Colin has also won many other awards including the International Design Competition held in São Paulo, Brazil.
After Squid Labs, Dan went on to found and run MonkeyLectric, a company that designs and distributes new kinds of bike lighting products.
[14][17] Ryan McKinley - A software Engineer graduated from San Diego state with bachelor's degrees in visual arts and computer science.