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“Mazi” (μαζί), from the Greek "together" is a musical tangible user interface (TUI) for children with autism designed to stimulate active participation and provide self-regulation. It's been developed as a first exploratory study in 2018. Mazi was made by covering a soft-play piece of equipment in wool roving which fibres were hand-felted. Antonella enclosed five inflated balance hedgehogs with two layers of polyester wadding, dry-felted merino wool fibres over it and lastly used conductive threads to sew patches of conductive jersey on top to make them interactive by using a Bare Touch Board. Mazi allows people to play a pentatonic scale based on the C major key.

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Antonella Nonnis
Nick Bryan-Kinns

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