Research Atlas
LivePublic knowledge asset
127 papers, tools and methods — annotated, sourced, free to read.
Open Research Atlas →Independent product studio · Brisbane
Research becomes
something useful.
MAX IO researches, builds and operates software, data and media products. The work stands on its own, without a personality in front of it.
Open research. Visible project stages. Nothing for sale here.
Projects
A small studio.
Work you can follow.
From open research to products in development. Each project carries its current stage and a clear account of what exists.
Brain Atlas
BuiltStandalone app — web and Mac
The research atlas as an explorable app, from one codebase.
Planning data
In buildData product
Brisbane development applications, counted properly.
Automated explainer media
ExploringFaceless media
Narrated explainers produced from the atlas, with no presenter.
Method
Research. Build. Operate.
01
Research
Every project starts as reading. The atlas is where an idea earns its place — or gets corrected before anything is built on it.
02
Build
Small, dependency-light products on a self-hosted stack, built so a vendor's pricing change does not break them.
03
Operate
Products are designed to be run by scheduled agents, not by a personality. A human reviews anything published or sent.
Research
127 papers, tools and methods, annotated.
From Vannevar Bush in 1945 to noninvasive brain-to-text in 2026. Each entry notes what it actually establishes — including the ones that correct a popular claim or puncture a benchmark. Studied, not authored; every source linked.
Engine room
One stack under every project.
The studio runs on self-hosted systems. They are how a small studio can build several products at once.
The Lab
Self-hosted operating substrate
One console for local and hosted models, a governor on what an agent may do, retrieval over the studio's own documents, and scheduled jobs. Self-hosted.
Agent fleet
Scheduled work, draft only
Standing programs for research sweeps, monitoring and document preparation. Each produces a draft for review. None send, publish or spend on their own.
Retrieval
Search over the studio's record
Meaning search across decisions, specs and research notes, on local embeddings, so sensitive material does not have to leave the machine.
Build and deploy
Own pipeline
Public sites are built and shipped with the studio's own scripts on a hosted platform. Changes take an afternoon, not a change request.
Details
Company details
The studio does not take client work through this site. For anything else, email.