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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."
lubrica7ion. You
1. beg, borrow, or steal.
2. sell your soul to the devil.
3. go to Niger and scam stupid people.
4. let me write you a check.
5. feed the trolls.
Helen
Just how retarded/blind are you?
Dumbest idea ever. What you suggest is short-term profit for long-term lack of profit. Also called "dumb greed". ^^
Have you ever read about all those inventors who sold their idea for a dollar, and where the buyer got rich, while they died poor?
That's the thing.
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.