may have been in vain.

"Let's just hope we can get over the finishing line by securing the final stage of funding we need to bring the project to fruition," says project manager Peter Fowell.

Gap in the market

These images of Braille e-readers caused a stir when they were published five years ago

It's five years since four South Korean designers sparked interest in the idea by publishing a mock-up of an affordable Braille e-book reader.

Images of Yanko Design's device quickly spread across tech blogs, with Engadget going so far as to say the "concept can't be far from reality".

Refreshable Braille displays do exist, but they are expensive, bulky and typically designed for use at a desk. They also tend to offer only a single line of characters.

Scott Wood, from theA Syrian army helicopter dropped two barrel bombs on a refugee camp in the northern province of Idlib, residents say, with footage posted on YouTube showing charred and dismembered bodies.

The footage showed corpses of women, children and burning tents while people scrambled to save the wounded.

"It's a massacre of refugees," a voice off camera said.

"Let the whole world see this, they are displaced people. Look at them, they are civilians, displaced civilians."

A man in another video of the Abedin camp, which houses people fleeing the fighting in neighbouring Hama province, said as many as 75 people had died.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which supports those opposing Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, said 10 civilians died.

There was no mention of the bombing on Syrian state media.

Reuters could not