R & D (Research and Duplicate) - Why don't we do it?

[oj88]

Internet to the rescue.

If you think you have an innovative invention or product but you lack funding, you can try your luck at kickstarter.com.

I'm a backer for the Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android: Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter

[uls]

that's called crowd funding

wiki:

Crowd funding or crowdfunding (alternately crowd financing, equity crowdfunding, or hyper funding) describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations.[citation needed] Crowd funding occurs for any variety of purposes,[1] from disaster relief to citizen journalism to artists seeking support from fans, to political campaigns, to funding a startup company, movie [2] or small business[3] or creating free software.