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The most absurd and embarrassing spy-fi gadgets ever, in Geisha Cop
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In this short film, known winningly as "Geisha Cop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell!", you'll witness the kinds of spy gadgets that James Bond only dreams of. Geisha Cop has infiltrated an evil corporation where office ladies drink the blood of … -
ABC NewsHidden in Plain Sight: 9 Real Bond-Like Spy Gadgets
ABC News
After half a decade of speculation, a British official has publicly admitted that English spooks were spying in Moscow with the help of a fake "spy rock." The hollowed out rock, filled with electronic equipment, allowed the British spies to covertly … -
Mirror.co.uk'Fake rock' Russian spy plot: Top ten crazy spy gadgets
Mirror.co.uk
By Mirror.co.uk 19/01/2012 Magnetized trouser buttons were developed by the Special Operations Executive to assist agents if they became lost. By cutting off the buttons and balancing them on top of each other, they functioned as compasses. … -
A perfect spy minus gizmos
Herald Sun
GARY Oldman's portrayal of a John le Carre character seems certain to earn the actor's actor his first Oscar nomination. GARY Oldman is an actor's actor, with mega-stars such as Brad Pitt, Daniel Radcliffe and Ryan Gosling naming him as a formative … -
In pictures: top spy gadgets of the 60s and 70s
thejournal.ie
FROM JAMES BOND to Jason Bourne, spies on film know where to get the latest top-secret technology – and how to use it 'in the field'. A CIA transmitter in disguise. Ew. (Image via photoshtab.ru) Sure where would any self-respecting spy be without the … -
Business InsiderCheck Out These Amazing Photos Of Cold War-Era Spy Gadgets
Business Insider
From Russian photoblog PhotoShtab.ru comes these great pictures of Cold War-era miniature gadgets that KGB spies and others used to monitor, smuggle, and kill (via RussiaEnglish). Seeing as we have just seen the new adaptation of John Le Carre's Tinker …
Check Out These Spy Gadgets From The Cold War Era.Newser -
10 Charming, Old-Timey Spy Gadgets
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy comes out in theaters today, injecting a little nostalgia into the techno-thriller spy genre. Although spycraft today involves computer hacking and surveillance drones, today we're paying homage to spy equipment from history. … -
Top 5 gadgets: Ultimate Spy Watch Camera
Northern Advocate
ULTIMATE SPY WATCH CAMERA: $87.50. Pretty much any gadget with the word "spy" in the title is going to be pretty cool, and the Ultimate Spy Watch Camera is one of the best. To the untrained eye it looks like a standard diver's wristwatch, but on closer … -
Top 5 gadgets: Ultimate Spy Watch Camera
The Bay of Plenty Times
ULTIMATE SPY WATCH CAMERA: $87.50. Pretty much any gadget with the word "spy" in the title is going to be pretty cool, and the Ultimate Spy Watch Camera is one of the best. To the untrained eye it looks like a standard diver's wristwatch, but on closer … -
Wired (blog)GeekDad Gadgets: Rover App-Controlled Spy Tank
Wired (blog)
“Q” in A View to a Kill had a remote control spy tank that could broadcast video and sound back to him. The unit was about as big as a canister vacuum cleaner and needed a van full of equipment to control it. In 1985, when the movie was …