he worked on something, so again i'll let you tell the story. - well, dr. shahame up with a number of different technologies, but this was one of the main ones that we focused on. it was because it was such a simple, elegant solution for what was and is a very large problem. most people don't realize that there are probably about anywhere from 5 to 10 million cooking fires that go unreported every year in people's homes. everybody's experienced them. forty-four percent of all household fires are related to cooking on a stovetop, and dr. shah came up with a solution that basically controlled the overall temperature of a stove so it would be impossible for common household materials to ignite. initially, he had difficulty taking it to market - didn't have the financing, didn't know how to commercialize these