This post links to a Scientific American article that describes asset-backed cryptocurrencies in non-technical detail. There's a group at MIT working on them. You might be able to interest someone there in your project. Who knows?
https://steemit.com/blockchain/@plotbot2015/sciam-on-blockchains-and-what-comes-after
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