Right, first of all, off topic:
Voting against this after you spamming the forums with your idea. I've never been against anything more in my life without even reading what the idea is.Spam won't help you get support.
Another vote downIf that's not the definition of spam, then what is?Your achieving absolutely nothing with posts like this. If there is what you define as spam elsewhere, do what everyone else does and disregard it. As it stands you're just derailing a thread which is obviously written with good intentions. If you're going to take the attitude that such an issue is too important to ignore, then I do wonder how you cope when you walk out of your front door each day.Spam, so a no from me too.
On topic:
Research and Development, brilliant topic, the only problem I see is that on current design gem items are set to address many of the areas that research and development would. Implementing some of the ideas you list would directly or indirectly effect items BB rely on via gem sales for an income themselves. So to introduce such options would require a lot of planning and maybe even a redesign of gem items that can be bought.
The introduction of such game mechanics would obviously add variety and therefore enhance the overall appeal of the game. To put it bluntly, people would not get bored with the game as quickly as they do currently. Personally I would like BB to approach the topic with a 'hey guys we are looking to introduce research and development functions to x, y and z, suggestions as to how we could best implement this would be greatly appreciated.' mindset on the forums. If they streamline the community towards a certain goal, then I think a lot of very good ideas could be adapted to really improve this game.