As seen on TV
(in memory of Victoria Wood)
There was a TV prog in this very thing. I caught a repeat of it a few months ago.
The inventor was (IMHO) a very reluctant 'boffin'. Not someone after their 15 nano particles of fame.
There is probably something real in this but bigger boffinbrains than mine will decidely pour scorn on it until it dies a death only to be reborn years later by some Stealth Startup, fleece the investors for bazillions and still get nowhere.
Cynic? Moi? yep.
time to go for a walk.
"I may be sometime."