Gallery: Wild Gadgets Fit for a Real-Life James Bond
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The MINI Augmented Vision glasses These goggles are equipped with Wi-Fi and GPS, and project a stereoscopic HUD onto your field of view.
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An American 007 might get early access to Project Janus, an IARPA creation designed to recognize people in photos, even if their faces are in profile, out-of-focus, or poorly illuminated.
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For the real James Bond, our money isn’t on the DB10 Aston Martin built just for Spectre but on one of the company’s 24 hand-made Vulcans.
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One of Bond’s most iconic escape vehicles was real—the Bell Rocketbelt could actually keep a man airborne for up to 20 seconds. But with 30 minutes of flight time at up to 60 mph, the newer Martin Jetpack could actually be a costar, not a just cameo.
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For Bond's amphibious flying needs, we’re looking at Icon’s compact plane, which folds up for easy storage in the Q Division garage.
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Racing across waves on a customized motorcycle? That’s a Bond chase scene we’d love to see.
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A “transparent bonnet” may seem more appropriate for dirty Laura Ingalls Wilder fanfic—but what about when that bonnet means augmented reality for your car?
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