Tomás Vega
@tomasmas
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Making cyborgs at @AugmentalTech . Human augmentation, sleep engineering, conformable interfaces, health. Prev @neuralink @Apple @UCBerkeley @MIT @medialab 🇵🇪
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Excited to announce the MouthPad^, a wearable device that enables expressive, discreet, and convenient hands-free control of digital devices through tongue and other mouth gestures! The MouthPad^ reimagines accessibility and pushes the boundaries of human-computer interaction 1/5
We're thrilled to announce that Augmental is coming out of stealth to unveil the MouthPad^, a novel interface that lets you control your digital devices hands-free using tongue and other mouth gestures! 1/6
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Our mouthware is a universal peripheral, designed to be system-agnostic. It will seamlessly integrate with all wearable AI systems, offering an always-available, private, and robust interface for cognitive augmentation.
We're refining hands-free cursor control, and our V2 will
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The smallest PCB I've made so far (~9x12mm) and the first flex! BLE-enabled microcontroller, IMU and inductive charging
@AugmentalTech
#basementelectronics
@PCBWayOfficial
@NordicTweets
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LOOK MOM NO IMPLANT
Today, we unveil the first public demo of the MouthPad^: smart mouthware for hands-free computer control.
Witness Corbin swiftly navigate Google Maps on his phone using only subtle tongue movements.
Cursor control, clicks, and swipes: full access.
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@paulg
At
@augmentaltech
we’re building a tongue-computer interface. It’s already being used by people living with quadriplegia for 4+ hrs/day. If your friend has some tongue control, we’d love to get him a device! We’re based in SF.
Excited to announce the MouthPad^, a wearable device that enables expressive, discreet, and convenient hands-free control of digital devices through tongue and other mouth gestures! The MouthPad^ reimagines accessibility and pushes the boundaries of human-computer interaction 1/5
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We’re hiring!
@augmentaltech
, San Francisco
Build life-changing human-computer interaction devices
Our smart mouthware is designed to revolutionize computer control and health monitoring. Our mission is to create technology that not only enhances human
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At
@augmentaltech
, we're solving wearable AI interaction through silent speech: always available, robust, and private.
Our first product is already transforming lives, with some users engaging for up to 9 hours a day.
Our next product will not only benefit our initial
the AI wearable situation is spiraling into a million Tab copycats (which is the MVP for a LLM device)
but the big swing that *actually unlocks* next gen from factors is silent speech transcription so you can get text input without thumbs, talking out loud, or a brain implant.
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Talking to devices in public? Awkward and unreliable.
Imagine interacting with your AI agents from Humane, Tab, Rewind, and ChatGPT entirely in private.
At
@augmentaltech
, we’re solving speech input via silent speech.
Welcome to the quiet revolution in human-AI interaction.
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Check out how our latest user masters hands-free computer control with our new beta feature — only a few minutes into his very first try!
No, it’s not with a brain implant. Can you guess how it’s done? 🧐
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Proud to be part of the
@TheHouseVC
family! They believed in
@augmentaltech
from the beginning and have been instrumental in our journey. For that, we'll be forever grateful.
With their new $115M Fund III, we're excited to see how
@jfiance
,
@CBaradar
, and the whole THF team
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Head-tracking^Augmental: the next-generation of hands-free computer control.
The speed & intuitiveness of head-based cursor control, augmented by our tongue trackpad for expressive gestural interaction.
It’s the reinvention of the computer mouse, but built for everyone.
We're
Introducing the MouthPad^s new dimension of hands-free computer control: head-tracking.
All the magic of our tongue trackpad, now augmented by the speed of head-based cursor control.
The future of interaction is multimodal, tailored to your own abilities and context. 1/4
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Honored that Augmental and the MouthPad^ have been recognized at
@Cannes_Lions
!
We are excited and humbled to be recognized at this year’s
@Cannes_Lions
International Festival of Creativity, winning the Grand Prix in the Innovation category and a Silver Lion in Health & Wellness! 1/4
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Augmental is expanding!
Since launching the MouthPad^, we've onboarded dozens of users — with some utilizing their devices every day, and up to 9 hours in a single day.
Now we're looking for dedicated firmware and electronics engineers as well as operations talent to help us
We’re hiring! Join the Augmental team in building life-changing human-computer interfaces.
Our smart mouthware is designed to revolutionize computer control and health monitoring. Our mission is to create technology that not only enhances human capability
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Thrilled to be on this year's
@Forbes
30 under 30 Social Impact list alongside my cofounder and partner-in-crime Corten Singer.
We are honored to have Augmental’s cofounders, Corten Singer and Tomás Vega, be selected for this year’s
@Forbes
30 Under 30 Social Impact list!
Check out the others that made the list as well as our company profile to learn more!
#forbesunder30
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It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Augmental’s dream is to enable universal access to the technological world. We believe personal devices should adapt to humans — not the other way around.
We’re building toward this goal with the MouthPad^, expanding its interface to
Introducing the MouthPad^s new dimension of hands-free computer control: head-tracking.
All the magic of our tongue trackpad, now augmented by the speed of head-based cursor control.
The future of interaction is multimodal, tailored to your own abilities and context. 1/4
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The future of wearables truly lies in custom molding.
Each of us is unique — so why would our technology be any different? As 3D scanning and manufacturing become more accessible, we're moving towards a future in which wearables are as individual as we are.
Let's mold the
The Logitech G-FITS are custom molded wireless earbuds. Love using it with Bigscreen Beyond.
The wireless is low latency, audio quality is quite good, and feels like the perfect ultralight pairing with Beyond
It’s on sale on Amazon Prime Day right now:
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Peak (non-invasive) human-machine symbiosis.
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Take a lick!
Excited to be featured on
@TechCrunch
! Thanks,
@Haje
, for chatting with us and sharing our story with the world.
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Transparent tech isn’t just an aesthetic, it’s a pledge to perfection.
Yeah not only that, look closely at the new transparent Beats Buds and you'll see uneven gluing. They underestimated the challenge. There's nowhere to hide when making transparent tech! 😂
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Thick hair? No problem. Nothing like a clean scalp to lower impedance and improve SNR
Also known as the EEG tonsure method
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5/5 Let's work together to make technology more inclusive and accessible to everyone. Join us in embracing this exciting new future! Check out the MouthPad^ and learn more at .
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@aheze0
@augmentaltech
Eye tracking is an important tool (and valuable complement to our device), but can be quite fatiguing for users. These systems have a hard time differentiating between intentional commands and natural eye movements, resulting in a lot of “false positives” and a big strain on the
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The MouthPad^: an intraoral interface for hands-free computer control
Invisible to the world, yet always available to you
Join the waitlist:
“We created a mouth pad which is an internal interface that allows you to control a computer with no hands” - Tomás Vega, one of Augmental’s co-founders. Click here for more on MouthPad:
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And it’s a systemic problem of incentive
Most VCs invest on vacuous projects that make easy money to help raise their next fund, instead of funding ventures that might be riskier but can bring true value to humanity in the long-run
Where the real deep tech investors at?
our generations smartest minds went from working on ad optimization to digital ponzi schemes
a tragic misallocation of talent
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Shipping whisper speech this year and targeting a subset of natural language for fully silent speech by 2025.
@ShaAugustus
@geoffreylitt
@cursor_ai
Really cool idea.
@augmentaltech
is also working on a product that could enable this, their next version is going to include a microphone. Plus it allows for navigation via head tilt and tongue.
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Mens et Manus
Back from CES and straight to making MouthPads^. Onboarding the next batch of users next week!
Join the waitlist:
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Kudos to
@ArtDeza
and the team behind this! Thrilling to see Peruvian startups melding art and cutting-edge technology so elegantly. The homage to Fernando de Szyszlo is truly the cherry on top! 🇵🇪🎨🤖
Today we're excited to announce Seezlo : A Meta-Gallery and Search Engine platform for Visual Art 🎨 ; powered by our very own brain-aligned machine vision model🧠 [ that was not trained on Art! 🤯]
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@gregmberry
@aneelr
I agree, precision nutrition is the future: optimizing nourishment for performance + longevity + carbon footprint reduction. Patches/pills/implants for on-demand/closed-loop, fermentation-produced nutrient + drug delivery.
Eating for taste is going to become recreational.
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First make of the Dormio V3 hypnagogic interface.
Access your intraverse.
#engineeringdreams
#opensource
@medialab
@FluidInterfaces
@eyalperry88
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@Rainmaker1973
@eyalperry88
modeled tahini’s “seizing” non-Newtonian properties, which instead of exhibiting phase shifts in response to stress like a classical non-Newtonian fluid, it does in response to the amount of water in the system.
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@vkhosla
That's precisely what
@augmentaltech
is building!
Talking to devices in public? Awkward and unreliable.
Imagine interacting with your AI agents from Humane, Tab, Rewind, and ChatGPT entirely in private.
At
@augmentaltech
, we’re solving speech input via silent speech.
Welcome to the quiet revolution in human-AI interaction.
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My first patent!!!
BOOM:
The smoking gun patent for a new Siri and new Apple
#VoiceFirst
device.
Filled with dozens of clues!
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4/5 Technology should meet people where they are. The MouthPad^ is a testament to Augmental's commitment to creating human-first experiences that enhance our everyday interactions with the world. Whoever you are, wherever you go, whatever you do: The MouthPad^ was built for you.
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Powered by gallons of
@Lactaid
whole milk
And the craziest thing is this has been achieved by a tiny team, with almost no funding, living off a garage, ramen and milk for years 🤯
It seems like you barely see any startup stories like that in recent years.
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3/5: I want to thank our incredible team of engineers, entrepreneurial minds, and champions and advisors in the disability community. Your passion, creativity, and dedication have been invaluable.
@RockyNoHands
@KrystinaMWCA18
@NicoClothier
@tonyschmee
@Determined2heal
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Looking for an ML engineer to consult on a project tuning lightweight, low-latency models for real-time gesture recognition. Ideally you have experience running TFLite on ARM processors, some understanding of capacitive sensing, & are interested in novel human-computer interfaces
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Excited to join the inaugural On Deck Deep Tech Fellowship and help catalyze the advancement of human augmentation!
Announcing: On Deck Deep Tech (ODDT) 🧪
Deep tech startups tackle the most challenging problems (health, clean energy, etc.), requiring a large amount of time and energy.
Today, we're launching the ecosystem to support individuals building the future.
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Thrilled to be part of
@MassChallenge
's 2021 cohort and for their support to continue pushing the boundaries of human augmentation: intimate biotic-abiotic interfaces for high-bandwidth human-computer interaction and health tracking!
Exciting news – Augmental Tech was welcomed as a finalist
#startup
for
@MassChallenge
’s 2021
#earlystage
cohort! Learn more about the program and our class here ➡️
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@AkwyZ
@augmentaltech
100% — it is crucial to work with our target users directly so that their real feedback informs our design process. Over the past ten years, we have been working closely with people who live with a wide range of hand impairments in order to find the best method for hands-free
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I’m excited to learn that the wearable device used to detect and interact with hypnagogia (the earliest sleep stage), which I built a few years ago, has now been recognized as successful at incubating specific dream content.
@FluidInterfaces
@medialab
@NordicTweets
A new way to control experimentation with dreams: Device not only helps record dream reports, but also guides dreams toward particular themes.
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@nickarner
Relevant battery companies
@itenbattery
@addenenergy
@EnovixBatteries
@Grepow_Battery
@varta_ag
Other pieces of the puzzle:
Micro energy harvesting in an earable for 24/7 wearability
@statwearable
And intra-body ultra-low-power data transmission!
@IxanaHQ
@kyunbit
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Freshly baked PCBs. Designed in my room, and assembled and reflowed in my basement in Somerville.
#keepmaking
#homelab
@NordicTweets
@altium
@JLCPCB
#controleo
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“24/7” in-ear wearable that measures blood flow to the brain and uses micro solar panels to charge itself.
Energy harvesting (or some sort of wireless energy transfer) is key to wearables' continuous use. Eager to see this solar-charged concept's efficacy in practice.
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how many 3D printers is too many?
Every self respecting hard-tech company has a rapid prototyping station to drive rapid iteration of HW mechanical design. Love to see it!
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Today marks the end of my playful and joyful time in academia, and the beginning of an exciting and challenging new adventure in the world of human augmentation.
#MPH
#MIT2020
#7thfloor
#tinycircuits
#cyborg
Congratulations to our students Adam Haar Horowitz, Oscar Rosello Gil and Tomas Vega Galvez who graduated during the 2019-2020 academic year!
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On point
Higher wearability: lower user effort/friction (easy charging, discreet) + increase usage incentives (cool factor, adds value)
But to achieve human-machine symbiosis wearables must be self-powered via energy-harvesting, and have real-time, closed-loop interventions
I think “wearable technology” as an industry has struggled because so many companies focused exclusively on the “technology.” We asked ourselves 10 years ago what we might create if we started w “wearable.” 🧵👇🏼
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@LinusEkenstam
@Humane
@AviSchiffmann
@RewindAI
silent speech interface by
@augmentaltech
will integrate with all of the above systems
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Thank you
@medialab
for the shoutout & for all the support & guidance I received during my time there. Proud to have been able to start my journey developing interfaces for human augmentation at the
@FluidInterfaces
group and continue it with the amazing team at
@augmentaltech
.
Congratulations to all of the 2023
#forbes30under30
honorees, including
@fluidinterfaces
alum Tomás Vega! He and his
@augmentaltech
co-founder Corten Singer were recognized in the Social Impact category.
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Assuming the risk of infection is solved, the longevity of implants (and the companies behind them) isn't the only concern. Upgradeability matters too.
As technology evolves, we shouldn't have to conform to outdated hardware. We need more non-invasive solutions that leverage
So you think you want a retinal implant or brain implant to restore your vision? Think again
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I want an LLM that uses my Notion data room to answer due diligence questions
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A meditative practice
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@BraytonKey
Wearables -> livables -> implants
Whether it’s to augment health, productivity or leisure, we need interfaces that are seamlessly integrated into our biology to achieve human-machine symbiosis
We need more financial infrastructure to support ventures working towards this future
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Had a blast tonight with Adam geeking out about the singularity, living in a simulation, enhanced learning, brain-computer interfaces and the philosophy of the mind! The science and absurdities behind the matrix. Thanks
@MITMuseum
for hosting us.
Excited for the
#TheMatrix
movie night
@medialab
@MITMuseum
with authors of "Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation"!!
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Most compelling sensing technique and form factor I’ve seen for silent speech so far
If this ends up working well with low enough power consumption, it might be key to making AR glasses truly usable
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@nicksaraev
@augmentaltech
Totally! We're adding a microphone and a bunch of other sensors to incorporate whisper speech and, eventually, fully silent speech. Couple that with a bone conduction transducer, and you got private and robust bidirectional audio communication.
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@MetaMona_
Fun fact, the tongue rarely tires! The tongue is a muscular hydrostat, comprised of 8 different muscles that work in unison to prevent fatigue.
It is primarily composed of fatigue-resistant muscle fibers, with a smaller representation of fatigable fibers. The anterior portion
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Ojalá podamos contar con el apoyo del
@Minsa_Peru
para desplegar nuestro chatbot de
@WhatsApp
en todo el Perú!
Uno de los equipos ganadores de la hackathon de hace unas semanas creó una solución muy simple para: un chatbot de WhatsApp integrado con RENIEC que te ayuda a actualizar tu info e informarte sobre tu turno en el proceso de vacunación. (4/8)
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@henrikssn
@MicrochipMakes
I once designed my I2C lines with pull-downs instead of pull-ups... took me the whole night to debug
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@MarioNawfal
For those of you asking why we made this
Taking your first photo. Checkmating old friends. Turning the last page of a bedtime story.
The MouthPad^ is out in the world, and our users are giving the device — some sensors, circuits, algorithms, and resin — new might and meaning in their daily lives.
Watch Keely’s story,
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Among its many applications, is creativity augmentation, memory consolidation, and advancing sleep research. Overall, I feel grateful for having had the opportunity to collaborate with an incredibly interdisciplinary team, capable of building something so surreal!
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That’s how human-computer interaction should be: seamless, intuitive, expressive
The demo that really got me to sit up straight: invisibly, quickly, without straining,
@tomasmas
moved the cursor of his Mac to one of those tiny window close buttons and "clicked" it (i.e. with his tongue).
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Does anyone have extra EYSHSNZWZ lying around? Will pay handsomely
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Implants are gonna enable seamless continuous biomonitoring, but it will take long to be massively adopted. I see “livables”, intimate semi-invasive wearables that live within the body (but not implanted), as a first step towards this future
Includes digital health, AI + continuous biomonitoring
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@theSamParr
@Levels
My take: they’re gonna have to be hardware agnostic and focus on data analytics and recs. Non-invasive glucose monitoring using optical (rockery photonics) or electromagnetic (hagar tech) sensing is gonna replace needle-applied CGMs. These are non-trivial, esp for a sw company.
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@gyattmosphere
@Robotbeat
Hi! Co-founder of
@augmentaltech
here. Appreciate your feedback.
Ensuring that our users can comfortably speak and use voice commands without interference is a key design goal for us. That’s why we’ve designed the trackpad to conform closely to the palate’s geometry, minimizing
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@seflless
@augmentaltech
Stay tuned!
@nicksaraev
@augmentaltech
Totally! We're adding a microphone and a bunch of other sensors to incorporate whisper speech and, eventually, fully silent speech. Couple that with a bone conduction transducer, and you got private and robust bidirectional audio communication.
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The future of wearables is invisible
Seamlessly integrated within our peripheral and central nervous systems, unlocking high-bandwidth multimodal AR/VR
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Thoughts on Tauri for cross-platform app development?
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Gran fin de semana hackeando con
@whatisalejandro
, Jiader,
@pierpressure22
, Lucho y
@eyalperry88
una solución para hacer el proceso de vacunación en el Perú mas efectivo! Esperamos poder continuar desarrollando nuestro proyecto para desplegarlo y así salvar vidas en todo el Perú
Muy feliz porque ayer Vacuna Pe, equipo del que forme parte junto a
@tomasmas
y otros 5 amigos (no twitteros) ganó el hackathon organizado por
@BCPComunica
y
@OpenCovidPeru
! Ahora toca implementar nuestra solución y colaborar en el proceso de vacunación de nuestro pais!
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