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...very good at it." Many European armed forces, by contrast, are now structured with peacekeeping as their primary mission. In Bosnia, says Grant, American forces will not walk down a street unprotected, while British and French soldiers soak up information in cafes. Unsurprisingly, it is Europeans who shoulder the burden of keeping the peace in Kosovo, Bosnia and now Kabul. But suggest to European policymakers that their primary military role should be mopping up after the Americans have fought a war, and they throw a frightful fit, as if they were being relegated to the second rank. Given that European...
...pilgrims is an utter crush, completely filling the mosque. Most are waiting to do their rounds, others hang about, talking, praying, sleeping. Male pilgrims are dressed identically in an ihram, two pieces of unstitched, seamless white cloth, one wrapped around the waist, the other across the chest and right shoulder. It is meant to dissolve the differences between rich and poor - though the first piece is usually secured by a money belt, and some are definitely weightier than others - while also giving a sense of mortality by reminding the wearer of a shroud. Women wear long robes with their faces...
...muscles in his arm and hand that control grasping. These electrodes were then connected by ultrathin wires to a stimulator - a kind of pacemaker for the nervous system - implanted in his chest. The stimulator was in turn linked to a position-sensing unit attached to Holgersen's right shoulder, over which he retains some motor control...
When Holgersen wants to pick up a glass, he moves his right shoulder upward. This movement sends an electrical signal from the position sensor, which is worn under his clothing, to the stimulator in his chest, which amplifies it and passes it along to the appropriate muscles in his arm and hand. In response, the muscles contract and his left hand closes. When he wants to release the glass, he moves his right shoulder downward and his left hand opens...
...strange when you first use it," Holgersen says of the device. "I move my right shoulder and see my left hand move. But I quickly got used to it, and now it feels very natural. I don't even think about it. It has become part of me and made me more independent." Thanks to the Freehand implant, Holgersen can now hold a cup, lift a fork and grasp a pen, actions he was previously unable to perform...