I know it's been a long time but thought I'd post an update. My buddy that was going to help with the prototyping was diagnosed with brain cancer which is what halted this project. He passed away last week. I'm hoping to get back into this as kind of a remembrance.
I need to find someone to help with the prototyping though. If anyone knows a person or a company who might be interested let me know. I'm going to put some feelers out there with a couple local shops. The production companies I talked to were only interested in producing it once I have a working design. They didn't want to deal with prototyping.
Thanks