Fintech · Invention
Munee
A secure digital wallet and payment platform built around quick, private QR transactions—and originally imagined as a more dignified way to give.
2 granted U.S. patents
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01 — Selected work
Ideas are cheap.
Making them real
is the work.
Products, patents, experiments, and independent ventures. Different forms, same impulse: solve the real problem.
Studio · Software
Empty Box Media
An independent product studio creating thoughtful mobile and web experiences for organizations in social, geolocation, productivity, and beyond.
15+ years building
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Design · Experiment
The Tiny Home Truck
A box truck transformed by hand into a solar-powered tiny home—a practical experiment in freedom, resourcefulness, and intentional living.
Built, not bought
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Writing · Book
Finding One
A personal book about relationships, self-understanding, and the choices we make while searching for meaningful connection.
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Inventor record
Secure communication,
made scannable.
Vaughn is a named inventor on U.S. patents covering systems that use encoded symbols—such as QR codes—to enable secure communication and payment transactions between database systems.
US 11,853,995 Granted 2023
US 12,141,782 Granted 2024
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