Tune in to the History Channel this Friday, December 16, at 7 p.m. to see local inventors Michael Connor and Nick Peterson show off their creation, the Life Cube, on the new series Invention USA. The television show follows experts Reichart Von Wolfshield and Dr. Garrett Lisi around the country in search of the next great American innovation, and they just may find it in Santa Barbara.
Connor and Peterson have been working on the Life Cube since 2005, and they are thrilled for their upcoming appearance on the History Channel. “It’s our first real national exposure, and the production value is great,” said Peterson. “We love Reichart and Garrett; they’re really intelligent people. They’re going to help us engineer the product to the next level. It just feels good after five years to get that kind of recognition — that this is a cool piece of technology, and we want to show people.”
The Life Cube is a simple yet powerful idea. Connor came up with it after watching the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. “What we saw was all of these people dying because resources weren’t available or they couldn’t get them there. So, basically, [Connor] had the idea to design a box that has everything a disaster victim needs in it. He came up with a few sketches; I got involved around that time and helped to write the business plan.”