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'''Letter from Dr Xien to Starfleet Academy Admissions Board'''<br> | |||
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<blockquote>To admissions board, Starfleet academy:<br> | <blockquote>To admissions board, Starfleet academy:<br> | ||
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Sincerely,<br> | Sincerely,<br> | ||
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Dr Xien Cao, Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Washington Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital</blockquote> | Dr Xien Cao, Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Washington Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital</blockquote><br> | ||
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'''Description of Implant'''<br> | |||
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As described by Dr Xien, Mackenzie's implant consists of two parts. The external implant is visible and consists of a two centimeter square metal device called a nexus that links to the interface surgically implanted behind her right earlobe. The nexus then connects through thin, rigid wires to five microphones that are attached to Mackenzie's skin through biphasic magnetism. The microphones make a star shape with two points where the top and bottom of her ear connect to her head, two points farther back on her head in the hairline, and one point near the back of her skull in her hair. The nexus has two buttons on its face: a larger button on the top that toggles the implant on and off, and a smaller button that disengages the nexus from the interface to the internal implant and deactivates the biphasic magnets in the microphones, thus allowing full removal of the external implant.<br> | |||
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When the external implant is removed, the interface to the internal implant is visible. It is a round piece with a diameter of approximately one centimeter that is surgically imbedded in the skin. There are a series of horizontal groove in the device that act as signal conductors when they are set in place with matching grooves in the nexus of the external implant.<br> | |||
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