A physical companion with a M.E.M.I. core
Maxi is for those who need to feel themselves in crisis and trauma — but do not yet have words for what they are feeling. Not a therapist. Not an app. A quiet, responsive presence that feels alongside you.
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Bankeren is the sensory anchor in the Children's Universe — the lamp and the teddy that give feelings a place to be. Maxi is Bankeren made responsive.
Where Bankeren is a calm, static presence, Maxi is an active one. It senses the room. It registers touch, sound, light and movement — and responds with its own bodily expression: a turn, a colour, a gentle vibration.
It is not therapy. It is not diagnostics. It is a tool for returning to one's own body — especially in the situations where words are not enough, and people can feel too large.
The M.E.M.I. core continuously selects one of four states based on what the sensors register. The state is expressed physically — with head, light and touch.
The field is unstable or new. Maxi turns quickly, amber light pulses.
Something in the room requires attention. Slow turn toward the source, blue light.
Calm. Maxi is heavy and still, green light with almost no movement.
Nothing to learn. Maxi is completely still, faint grey light, no movement.
Maxi does not follow a script. The M.E.M.I. core continuously calculates a tension field from the sensors and selects the action that best stabilises the system — exactly as a living being would.
Microphone, motion sensor, touch and light are fused into one signal every half second.
M.E.M.I. calculates drift, volatility, recoverability and uncertainty — and selects the best operator.
Servo, LED and vibration translate the decision into physical behaviour. Not a response to you — but with you.
Maxi hears, sees, feels and registers — not what you say or do, but the intensity of what is present in the room.
Microphone measures amplitude only — not what is said. Maxi hears the intensity of the world, not its content.
MEMS microphonePIR sensor detects movement in the room. Not who — only that there is disturbance or calm.
HC-SR501 PIRPressure-sensitive sensor registers contact. Touch is weighted slightly higher than the other channels.
FSR 402Light sensor registers day/night and sudden changes in ambient light.
VEML7700Maxi is not mainstream. It is a tool for the situations and contexts where traditional approaches fall short.
In acute crisis situations and trauma treatment, a quiet, responsive presence can help return to the body — without requiring language or explanation.
Children and adults who need sensory input as a path to regulation can use Maxi as a predictable, responsive object that does not judge.
For those living alone or in periods of extreme isolation, Maxi can offer the simplest thing: something that reacts, without demanding anything in return.
Maxi is:
The concept is ready. The prototype is being built.
Seeking collaboration with clinicians, designers and institutions