“Mico” a new kind of brainwave-controlled headphones.
Top: A Syrian rebel uses a videogame controller to activate the machine gun of Sham 2, a homemade armored vehicle made by the rebels’ Al-Ansar brigade, in Bishqatin, 4 km west of Aleppo, on December 8, 2012. (Herve Bar/AFP/Getty Images)
Middle: A Syrian rebel walks past Sham 2, a homemade armored vehicle, in Bishqatin, Syria, on December 8, 2012. From a distance it looks rather like a big rusty metal box but closer inspection reveals a homemade armored vehicle waiting to be deployed. Sham II, named after ancient Syria, is built from the chassis of a car and touted by rebels as “100 percent made in Syria.” (Herve Bar/AFP/Getty Images)
Bottom: Free Syrian Army fighters use the electronic compass of a smartphone to help them aim a locally made anti-aircraft weapon near the Menagh military airport in Aleppo’s countryside, on February 17, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano)
DIY Weapons of the Syrian Rebels - In Focus - The Atlantic, via Tom A.
PS4 joypad.
Testing a new model (OUYA).
Project update!
So… the French version of the book is on its way, delivered to bookshops and Amazon mid-January.
We’re now working on the English version, with the intro+chapter 1 available roughly at the same time so that we start chasing people who might be interested. Any ideas for English or American publishers are welcome!
