Gentle Technologies · Independent research & development

Every project begins with a question

We explore how technology can support life, learning and human choice — through research, working prototypes and everyday digital tools

Ethical technology
begins with respect

Ideas becoming real

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Web application · Available

WhoFollows

What changes in your Instagram connections? Compare lists you provide and see the differences between snapshots. No scraping.

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iOS game · Available

Solitaire Race

A familiar game, a shared challenge. Competitive solitaire built around skill, equal layouts and thoughtful play.

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In development

Mawa

How can finding and offering help become easier? Mawa is evolving toward connecting everyday needs with support; Mawa Relay explores guidance through practical procedures.

Internal research environment

GT Lab

A place to develop questions with AI, examine evidence and keep research notes connected. Human review remains part of the process.

Personal research prototype

MawaTrade

An experimental environment for studying market observations, risk and human–agent collaboration. Currently for personal research and demo use.

Currently exploring

Questions we’re working with

Open research directions
01

What can we learn together?

Outelligence: exploring how human–AI collaboration can extend inquiry while preserving independent judgment.

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02

How do agents learn to cooperate?

Early experiments in communication and coordination between agents. We are examining what happens before making claims about emergence.

03

What makes a technology gentle?

Looking at relationships between people, technology and living systems — and how design shapes choice and responsibility.

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Our approach

Care, made practical

We begin with a question, build something we can examine, and revise it as we learn

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Room for human choice

In GT Lab, AI supports inquiry and evidence review while people retain responsibility for research decisions.

Clarity about what a tool does

WhoFollows compares snapshots from lists people provide. Its results describe changes between those lists.

Honesty about our stage

Released products, internal tools and long-term visions are labelled separately. Living Models remains a long-term research vision.

Start with a conversation

What question are you exploring?

Research, collaboration, or an idea still taking shape — we’d like to hear it

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