Collaborate Disseminate
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the release of the Bond thriller Goldfinger, Rolls-Royce has built a one-off Phantom Extended that is a modern take on the 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville that the eponymous villain built out of smuggled gold.Co… Continue reading Rolls-Royce reveals one-off Goldfinger Phantom to mark anniversary
Shaken or stirred? How about turbine-blasted at 150 rpm? Possibly the most British product of 2023, the all-new Martini Mixer from Callum was developed in collaboration with British Airways and British watchmaker Bremont and gives a quiet nod to everyo… Continue reading $3,800 aircraft-inspired motor mixer turbocharges amateur bartending
The original and sole remaining Blastech DL-44 Blaster used by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the first 1977 Star Wars movie (Star Wars: A New Hope) has sold for a record US$1,057,500 at Rock Island Auctions.
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Continue reading Han Solo’s DL-44 Blaster from “Star Wars” smashes auction records
It looks like the ongoing semiconductor shortage isn’t getting any better, and if the recent spate of computer thefts from semi trucks is any indication, it’s only going to get …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 29, 2022
A true horological rarity is up for sale as a sibling of the first Rolex Submariner watch worn in the 007 thriller films is being auctioned by Sotheby’s. The “James Bond” Rolex Submariner Reference 6538 is not only the same model as that first worn by actor Sean Connery in Dr No, it’s also a much sought after collectible in its own right.
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Continue Reading The “first” James Bond Rolex Submariner is up for auction
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Continue reading The "first" James Bond Rolex Submariner is up for auction
One could be excused for thinking that the market for gadget-laden Bond-style Aston Martin DB5 automobiles could become a trifle crowded in the next year or two. Aston Martin has plans to produce 28 Bond DB5 replicas at $3.5 million each and … Continue reading An original James Bond "Goldfinger" Aston Martin DB5 heads for auction
I recently saw this article from Mark Stockley for Sophos entitled Ransom email scam from ‘hitman’ demands: pay up or die and assumed – as I suspect many people will – that it was some particularly horrible exam… Continue reading The Smiling Assassin (shaken not stirred)
We’re not so much fans of James Bond as we are of Q, the hacker who supplies him with such wonderful things. There is a challenger to Q’s crown, [Naomi Wu] — code name [SexyCyborg] — built an epic gadget called the Pi Palette which hides a Linux laptop inside of a cosmetics case.
You can see the covert mode of the Pi Palette below. It resembles a clamshell cosmetics case with the makeup and applicator in the base and a mirror on the underside of the flip-up lid. The mirror hides an LCD screen in the portrait orientation, as …read more
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories making the news Continue reading News in brief: real Q is a woman; Trump ‘still using Android phone’; Apple to join AI group
I don’t know if it is true or not today, but in fiction, spies depend on lots of high-tech gadgets. I do know that during World War II, the various secret services like the OSS and the SOE did have gadgets like secret transmitters and concealed weapons. But, like [James Bond’s] grenade-launching ink pen, to [Maxwell Smart’s] shoe phone, those gadgets came from some organized lab. (When you watch the video below, remember that at that time, a personal phone going off in a theater was unknown as cell phones were years in the future.)
There’s a show that ran …read more
