content: Need some advice on invention in today's age. I have an idea that I clearly cannot tell you. The military would absolutely be interested if they aren't currently developing it already. Its based off ideas people have concepted in the past but just repurposed in a way I've not heard anyone talk about. I'm afraid to google it in fear of the idea therefore being out there in a search database. Sometimes when i google things I've thought up no results related to my search come up but then I get this fear that the very search can lead to my idea being stolen. Same thing with smartphones, I'm uncomfortable talking about it around devices that could listen in. I know I'm being overly paranoid but what choice do I have? No its not the dildo5000 shut up. I have design skills in 3D, mainly for aesthetics like tv, commercial, and film, not engineering, but I've been picking up cad modeling in order to get some better hard surface designs anyway so I know how I could build it. What I don't have is mechanical or electrical engineering knowledge. How do I find people trustworthy to work with me on this who won't steal it. This isn't even to mention funding but if I can get a prototype cnc'd or 3d printed, I could at least go from there. What would you say? Would picking up some mechanical engineering textbooks help you think? It is in the area of wearable robotics and incorporates things people are already working on so I know its feasible and not a pipe dream.