If you’ve ever tossed aside the instructions on the back of a Lego box to make something totally crazy and new, you may consider yourself a hacker.

At least, according to inventor Pablos Holman.

And he would know. On this edition of the Farmhouse Podcast, Paul Earle chats with Holman how hacking culture breeds innovation.

When Holman looks at a new technology, he asks not what it is supposed to do, but what he can make it do – like stealing audience members’ credit card information in a live demonstration in front of American Express executives with a device he created for under $10.

Now, the inventor of a machine that suppresses hurricanes and a mosquito-zapping laser designed to combat malaria is moving into unexpected territory: a website selling women’s leggings called Bombsheller, which just might change the way we manufacture everything (not just ladies’ casual wear).

Listen here for Holman’s insight on the magic of hacking, why he’s proud of his batting average of .001 and the intellectual side of salsa dancing.