Independent deep-tech R&D building energy, social, and subterranean infrastructure that institutions won't touch. Back a project and get a say in what we ship next — plus open lab reports on everything we fund.
The best infrastructure isn't built by committees. It's built by people with a real stake in the outcome — and the time horizon to make it count.
Thermal storage that charges from cheap grid power, releases heat on demand. Residential, off-grid, micro-grid capable.
See Project →Chronological, hashtag-first social media — no algorithmic manipulation. Live at tagedin.com. 75% complete.
Visit Live →Deep underground cities and industrial hubs, climate-independent and semi-autonomous. Engineering phase.
See Project →Structured framework for atomic transmutation — high-energy nuclear and speculative approaches. Open-access curriculum.
See Project →Android dating app (shipped), trading dashboards, educational content — revenue that funds the long-horizon work.
See Products →Most R&D labs chase government grants and institutional approval. We build for the people who need solutions that institutions won't provide. Small team. Deep work. No committees.
Forward-looking research that solves tomorrow's problems today. We don't iterate on existing systems — we rethink them from first principles.
Everything we build has a 3–10 year R&D horizon. Subterranean complexes, atomic transmutation research, electromagnetic storage — real engineering for a transformed world.
Networks of engineers, builders, and independent thinkers. Technology that increases individual and community sovereignty — not surveillance infrastructure.
I.S.P.A. Industries (Independent Systems & Projects Authority) is a family-run R&D laboratory in Western New York focused on long-horizon infrastructure research. We build energy systems, social infrastructure, and subterranean engineering projects that institutions won't fund because the payoff horizon is too long. Founded by Cody Pepper in Franklinville, NY.
We operate without government grants or institutional investment. Funding comes from three sources: (1) donations and recurring monthly support from the public via our /support page, (2) revenue from applied software products, and (3) direct project funding where supporters choose to back a specific initiative. Every dollar goes into the lab.
Franklinville, New York — a rural community in Cattaraugus County, Western NY. We chose this location deliberately: low overhead, no institutional dependencies, and room to build. The goal is infrastructure that works where people actually live, not just in research parks.
Five active projects: (1) Electromagnetic Firebrick Home Heating System — thermal storage that charges from cheap grid power, (2) TagedIn social platform — chronological, hashtag-first social media live at tagedin.com, (3) Subterranean Self-Sustaining Complexes — underground cities and industrial hubs, (4) Atomic Transmutation Research — open-access college-level curriculum, (5) Applied Software Platforms — revenue-generating products that fund the long-horizon work. Plus four additional projects in earlier phases.
Visit ispaindustries.org/support and scroll to "Project-Specific Funding." Select a project and direct your one-time or recurring donation specifically to it. TagedIn already has a project-specific funding link; we're adding more as project pages are built.
Yes — we're actively looking for collaborators in materials science, electrical engineering, and software. Reach out at ispaos@polsia.app. We also accept academic and industry partnership inquiries through the NSF Tech Labs Consortium page.
We're not waiting for institutional approval. But faster funding means faster execution — and these projects are ready for it. If you've been looking for a way to participate in frontier infrastructure work that actually ships, this is it.
Questions? Reach out at ispaos@polsia.app