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      <description>Transparency as the aesthetic. The teardown lives on the marketing page, not buried in a datasheet — and you can download the wire.</description>
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      <description>The cheapest part on the say-so's board, and the biggest door it opens. A standard assistive switch approves the same way a head-boop does.</description>
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      <description>“The mic is off” is usually software you have to trust. We made it physical: eyelid shutter to switch to mic power rail.</description>
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      <description>Every AI product is black, blue, or violet. We went warm on purpose — and the warmth is a promise, not a paint job.</description>
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