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Can Be
A practical, long-form inquiry into an Australia that works better for ordinary people.
Largs Bay · South Australia
Useful things.
Unlikely connections.
A living collection of ideas, practical guides, machines, and experiments in what people and intelligent systems can build together.
Explore01 / Orientation
Not a brand.
A living collection.
Martin Davies-Roundhill is a researcher, tinkerer, former nurse and beachside operator. This is where long-form ideas meet practical work: guides that can be used, vehicles with history, and humane experiments with AI and robotics.
Read Martin's full bio
The person behind the collection
Making room for useful things.
I work across practical digital guides, public-interest questions, vehicles, family projects and experiments with AI and robotics. The common thread is simple: make an idea concrete enough to use, test or argue with.
About MartinAustralia
People + intelligent systems
The work
in between
Notes from building a life with useful systems, practical AI agents and an earlier digital counterpart named Nitram.
02 / The store
Short guides.
Real knowledge.
Practical guides drawn from things actually done: building an AI agent, buying at auction, starting over, running a small business and preserving a life story.
Browse all guidesThe first New Earth project
The Free Earth
Manual
A practical field guide to living freely after compulsory work — the first project in a larger catalogue of tools, systems and possible lives.
Read the story and support itA project from the Melbourne AI community
LifeOS.
Try a calmer way
to run your life.
LifeOS brings schedule, goals, habits, health check-ins and reflection into one calm loop. It is in public preview, and the best way to support Teddy’s project is to try it with your own life and send back honest feedback.
Why LifeOS is here Try LifeOS free03 / Current projects
Things with a
story to tell.
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1993 Saab 900 CabrioletFinnish-built · Adelaide
02
ChipWitsThe disk that changed everything
03
Martin's philosophyA working position on life, freedom and knowledge
04
Finke Desert Race 2026A spectator’s field guide
05
People and RobotsHumanoid technology in service of care
06
New Earth CatalogTools and possible lives for the next world
07
Ends Up Here PodcastIdeas, evidence and possible futures
08
LifeOSTry the calm operating layer for daily life
09
Melbourne AI HubA place to build with AI
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Your StoryLife stories worth keeping
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Sex, privacy and the socially visible selfAn inquiry into intimacy after agency
A connected organisation
Technology should extend human care, not replace it.
People and Robots focuses on supporting carers of people with memory loss, combining memory preservation with careful evaluation of emerging humanoid systems.
Explore People and Robots04 / Robot shopfronts
From the directory
to the workshop.
04 / Family pages
The people
behind the work.
Separate pages for the people I love, their work, their character, and the stories that belong to the family.
Free expression of interest
What would you ask a humanoid robot to do?
Join the People and Robots waiting list. There is no fee, no obligation to purchase, and no promise of a product or delivery date—just a practical way to tell us what would be useful and stay informed.
Join the waiting listOne current conversation
Spirit, Consciousness & AI
A small-group conversation project in Largs Bay, available here for people who want to explore it.
View the conversation04 / Contact
Something
on your mind?
Ask about a guide, a vehicle, People and Robots, or an idea that does not fit neatly anywhere else.