Note that he says he is going to give the devices to them. He has not yet done so.
As I have said before, I hope it works. I trust you, B4. I just have not seen any proof yet.
The article was written last April so I do imagine they have been in the University labs for a couple of months now. My suspicion is they are trying to determine why it functions as it does. Possibly it is breaking some old physics laws.