now an extensive research and development stage will commence as soon as i can set things up i must tell you that a colleague of mine in the foundation , dr. lori dryer , has been batting around an idea for a meditative aid for quite some time now , although our research panned out when we were unsuccessful in conceptualizing a practical application for our hypothetical , um , thingywhat i 'm trying to say is that your external patch idea is what we were looking for , and never even thought of !