Issue 03 — CHRONOS
Blood Red / 10 Articles / 5,500 Words
One Year Later
What the AI landscape looks like after the agent wave settled — MCP, LLaMA 4, Mistral, and the frameworks that won and failed.
The Visor
AR headset build guide using off-the-shelf hardware. HoloLens 2, Quest 3, XREAL, Pi CM4. Parts lists in ZAR and USD. True about the limits.
The Pulse
EMP physics: what creates the pulse, what survives it, and what the shielding industry has quietly known for decades.
Celestial Cruisers
Rimac Nevera, Lotus Evija, Pininfarina Battista. The electric hypercar as an art object. Plus: the concept of solar-supplemented hypercars.
Surron: The Build Guide
Surron Light Bee electric dirt bike — stock specs, key mods (controller, battery, suspension), what breaks, how to fix it. ZAR pricing included.
Dressed for the Void
Vollebak's graphene jacket, Petit Pli's shape-memory fabric, aerogel insulation, and the closing gap between runway and spacesuit.
Nosipho Dumisa: Building From Here
The Cape Town director behind Blood & Water and Nommer 37. How Gambit Films built a global platform without leaving home.
Current
AI tool update, African startup, automation workflow, research paper — four items that define the present moment for builders.
The Voice Note
Found transcription of a 47-second voice note with timestamps. Incomplete, mundane, intimate. Nothing is nothing.
On Speed
The Rimac Nevera does 0-100 in 1.85 seconds. The Surron does 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. Europa Clipper is moving at 30,000 km/h. Speed is relative.