Bootstrapping a New Technology?

djk1024 writes "I've just filed for a patent on a new approach to motion capture that is simple, cheap, easy, accurate, and portable. It's RF-based, accurate to 1 mm, and simple enough that a sophisticated hobbyist could build one in a couple weekends from plans and standard electronics. So now what? I quit my job and have been working on this full-time for the past couple of years; now I'm out of money so can't continue development on my own. I'm also not an electrical or RF guy so I can't carry out my own independent development on the electronics. I'm quite frustrated at this point. I've been in the software development field for over 30 years and have gone through a large number of startups, but always just as the head techie, and always as part of a team. This doing it alone sucks. I would love some advice on how best to go forward."

Comments

So you're not a hardware guy.....

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...so you can't do your own RF development work...

So how do you know this even works? And you have already filed for a patent. No wonder you use to work for Microsoft.... you are really going about this arse about face!

Understand the market (who will buy it, what are you competing with, how much money will it save them, what are the laws)

Make it.

Make it testable.

Make it work.

Make it manufacturable.

Take out unit cost.

Start producing it....

Start marketing it, and if you have time patent it.