First think about your costs. FCC, CE, UL, etc.. certifications can end up more than the cost to develop a new product (one man operation.) Patentable, forget this, you can't afford to patent it yet, get the product first out, then worry about patenting it.

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I've checked it out about once a week, for updates on it, but over the past year, it's heading towards vaporware.