Are they running a crowdfunding campaign? An aside: For those people who claim miracles on kickstarter, indiegogo, et al. If the ideas were sound, why not lic

Are they running a crowdfunding campaign? An aside: For those people who claim miracles on kickstarter, indiegogo, et al. If the ideas were sound, why not license the idea to people who know the manufacturing and science already? The odds seem higher it's an amateur with little idea of the science, and perhaps an idea already thrown around by an engineer at these firms. Not to pick on the wishful gullibility of the masses to get entranced by well-made ad, or individual entrepreuners with severe Dunning-Kruger naivete, but perhaps "crowdsourced" investors should at least be backed by a reputable subject in the field and a background check.