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Real Life Spy Gadgets - For the secret agent in all of us

Source: Dark Roasted Blend

May 13, 2009

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"QUANTUM SHOT" #566
Link - Article by Simon Rose

Ignorance is bliss... but it does not stand a chance against these devices

We wrote about spy devices before - see Miniature Spy Guns, Part 1, Part 2 and Vintage Miniature Cameras, but today we are looking at modern examples of this fine craft - only scratching the surface, as we dare not investigate deeper...

The resurgence of the James Bond franchise with Daniel Craig’s recent performances on film as 007 have us all thinking about spies again. Despite the end of the Cold War, espionage, whether between governments or industrial espionage between companies, remains very much with us. Yet, despite the cool gadgets seen in movies, whether used by James Bond or those depicted in comedy films like Get Smart and others, the technology of the spy world is never quite as advanced as Hollywood would have us believe.

(images via Ebenezer)

However, with the ever-increasing pace of technology, things that once seemed very much in the realm of science fiction are now most assuredly science fact and some gadgets are readily ava ...Read the full article

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