The IFX Group Vaporware Page
The world has a lot of dreamers. At some point in life, everyone has an idea or two about how to make something better, right a wrong or create something totally new. Sadly, too many people are content with sitting on those ideas and letting them fade away into the shadows of our forgotten past.
In the software and hardware world, there is a term called Vaporware that describes these dreams just because they don't yet exist. This term, combined with the negative attitudes and sharp remarks that often go with it, only serves to hold back those that would otherwise improve our world.
Crazy, impossible, wacky and wonderful.
So the IFX Group is doing something to help. This section of our web site is a place to record all of the ideas that would otherwise be hidden or even lost in all the noise. We openly accept submissions from anyone willing to donate their ideas to someone else for the specific goals of making life easier, more comfortable, more enjoyable, more exciting and more fulfilling.
All of the ideas we accept and publish have the following limitations. All of the ideas can be freely distributed as long as the original credit remains connected to the idea. None of the ideas or resulting products will be patented by anyone. All of the ideas are offered here for free and you are expected to afford others the same access.
If you make a lot of money from any of these ideas, please consider sending some back to the visionary that first had the dream.
- A Really Big Pill
As the population grows older, more and more pills are joining the daily diet. Some of these pills are vitamins or other dietary supplements, some are over the counter drugs and some are prescription drugs. This collection of pills eventually ... - Compressible You
Loss-less data compression has been big business ever since it was discovered that storing and transporting the raw data could be made less expensive through a little CPU time. To date loss-less data compression technology has taken two main paths... - Employees Only Keyless Locks
This is similar to the pet door idea, but the RFID chips are embedded into name ... - Extremely Large Scale Video Display
The next generation video display is very low cost and very easy to scale from the very tiny ... - Fonetika
This is a very simplified rules-based spelling method that includes every phoneme possible for the ... - High Frequency Bio Phone
The spectrum of known frequencies is finite mostly because we have no way to measure or generate frequencies outside of this range with ... - In-Store Video Show
Imagine a video store with a large screen TV, a few comfortable chairs and hot popcorn for ... - Man Made
What would happen if we could directly harness the power generated by human motion? - Miles Ahead Accelerometer
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States Government has the task of testing all devices that claim to improve fuel economy in our cars. To date, none have proven to make a significant improvement with a single exception. This is called ... - Novelty Chip Flavors
Novelty is almost a default feature in snack foods. Consider the endless stream of new flavors for chips (potato, corn, etc.) where virtually all of the new flavors are nothing more than a coating applied to the chip surface. This is similar to the Jelly Belly brand flavor combination recipes. What if that chip coating could be packaged separately so the consumer could apply just what they want or mix and match flavors? - Out Of This World Amusement Park
Imagine a theme park on a very large scale, like Walt Disney World, only with a very strong space ... - Piezoelectric Car Sounds
Electric cars and Hybrid cars in electric mode are nice for the environment but they have a drawback when ... - Road Tunes
Almost everyone has heard the awful sound of the rumble strip along the nation's highways and major roads. Sometimes the roadway itself is grooved to allow for better ... - RV Wireless
There are a great number of Recreational Vehicle (RV) parking lots and campgrounds across the ... - Smart Pet Door
Most veterinarians now offer a service to embed RFID chips in our pets. These chips are inserted just under the pet's skin and uniquely ... - The Lifetime License: an alternative media licensing idea
There is a growing problem with media licenses where the major licensing houses feel that every play should receive a ... - The Third Dimension of Transportation
There is some finite altitude above a given piece of land where the laws of that land end and only international laws ... - Tubular Pet Pill
Every pet owner knows that giving medicine in the form of pills can be a traumatic event. Larger animals ... - Water For Fuel
The secret to hydrogen fuel is not building an engine able to burn it on all kinds of different ... - What's Wrong With Long Distance Electric Cars?
The problem with electric cars is that they run out of power too soon to use them for long distance ... - Wiper Lift
There are a number of times when a piece of something (leaf, pine needle, ice, etc.) will get stuck under the ...