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Spy Rock:'Britain was behind a plot to spy on Russians with a device hidden in a fake rock. Russia made the allegations in January 2006, but they were not publicly accepted by the UK before now. Jonathan Powell, then prime minister Tony Blair's chief of staff, told a BBC documentary: "The spy rock was embarrassing. They had us bang to rights. Clearly they had known about it for some time and had been saving it up for a political purpose." Embassy officials then allegedly downloaded classified data from the transmitter using palm-top computers.'-- The Mirror
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The Benchmark 1100 Pen:'The Benchmark 1100 Pen by Benchmade has a kubotan-style pointed weapon made of either anodized aluminum or stainless steel hidden within its body, while the Uzi tactical pen hides a ‘DNA Catcher’ in its crown, which not only injures attackers but takes a sample of their blood. Both pens also function as glass breakers.'-- benchmade.com
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White Noise Generator:'The white noise generator negates the effect of most secret listening devices, such as concealed microphones buried in walls, transmitters concealed in AC outlets and laser/microwave reflection from windows. This gadget produces a security blanket of generated noise, which completely obscures your dialogue with ‘unfilterable’ sound.'-- DRB
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Envelope X-Ray Spray:'This highly effective spray can turn opaque paper temporarily translucent, allowing you to view the contents of an envelope without ever actually opening it. Thirty seconds later, the envelope will return to it’s original state, leaving no marks, discoloring or indeed any other indications that it may have been tampered with.'-- rucop.com
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Code in a Compact:'A female agent could powder her nose while sneaking a surreptitious peak at code hidden in the mirror of this handy dual-use compact. When tipped at a certain angle, the code was visible in the mirror.'-- Espionagers.com
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Spy Tissue Box:'A perfectly normal looking black gloss tissue box which secretly holds a low light CCTV camera and a digital video recorder. There is no pinhole lens used in this item - the camera actually films through the tissue box and records onto SD memory card. Offers very low light recording, motion detection and pre-scheduled recording, superb colour picture and sound and a long lasting (8 hour) re-chargeable battery. All recordings are time and date stamped.'-- GadgetsFirst
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Tree Stump Bug:'This tree stump bug used solar power to function continuously in a wooded area near Moscow during the early 1970s. The bug intercepted communications signals coming from a Soviet air base in the area and them beamed them to a satellite, which then sent the signals to a site in the United States. Solar power meant that no risky battery changes were needed.'-- Izismile.com
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Sonic Nausea: Mind Molester:'This small electronic device generates ultra-high frequency sound waves, which can make anyone in the immediate area very queasy, as well as induce headaches, sweating, loss of balance, nausea, or even vomiting. There is a larger version on the market, which can be used to disrupt large gatherings and disperse crowds.'-- technabob.com
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The Laser Spy System:'The Laser Spy System is considered by many to be the Holy Grail of high tech spy devices because it can give the user the ability to listen in on conversations that take place in a distant building without having to install a bug or transmitter at the location. The Laser Spy System was said to be invented in the Soviet Union by Leon Theremin in the late 1940s. Using a non-laser based infrared light source, Theremin's system could detect sound from a nearby window by picking up the faint vibrations on the glass surface. The KGB later used this device to spy on the British, French and US embassies in Moscow. It is also interesting to note that Leon Theremin invented the world's first electronic instrument, a wand operated synthesizer named "The Theremin" after him.'-- Lucid Science
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Spy Flies:'Robotic-looking dragonflies and other insects have been spotted at political events and protests in Washington and New York, hovering over antiwar rallies. While no government agency admitted to deploying the robots, the technology has been in the works for decades and some entities have admitted that they’re currently trying to perfect it. Because replicating the flying motions of a live insect tends to be inefficient, researchers may soon turn to flying cyborg insects like the beetles and roaches instead.'-- SAEBA
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Defendius Door Chain:'Defendius door chain guard helps you protect your home against unauthorized entry. The chain is long enough to reach the far end of the maze.'-- Art Ledbedev Studio
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Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife:'Introduced in 1941, the knife is named after its British designers, Captains W.E. Fairbairn and E.A. Sykes. Here pictured with its sheath (at left), the weapon was crafted to strike at the most vulnerable parts of an opponent’s body.'-- CIA Gadgets
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Button Camera:'Using an unbeatable 550Tvl, CCD camera that comes complete with 3 complete sets of different sized buttons, and screws to hide the pinhole camera. Supplied with the impressive DV5 remotely controlled colour digital video recorder/monitor so small that it will fit into a cigarette pack. The rechargeable battery will run for approximately 60 minutes.'-- TalkTalk
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Dissolving Paper:'Imagine writing a note or a class handout with the instructions, "Place In Water After Reading." To their surprise the paper will dissolve in the water! This is real paper that can be written on and used in most copiers and printers. The secret lies in the fact that the paper is made of Sodium Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (no, really, we didn't make that up.) It dissolves in cold water, hot water, steam, and most aqueous solutions.'-- sciencestore.org
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Lipstick Pistol:'Also known as ‘the kiss of death’, the single shot 4.5mm lipstick pistol was used by the KGB during the Cold War. Lipstick was one of many options for concealing single shot firearms. Torches, pens, tobacco pipes and cigarette packets were also used.' -- Spies
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Project Acoustic Kitty:'The C.I.A. seriously considered using cats to act as living recording devices and training them to hang out and collect valuable information via a transmitter implanted in their skull! The plan, called Project Acoustic Kitty, was actually researched and nearly deployed over the course of five years, and at the cost of $20 million. As a matter of fact, one of the cats was wired and released near the Soviet Embassy, but managed to only get two steps out into the street before being hit and killed by a van. After that, the plans for the project were scrapped.'-- G4TV
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Spy Desk Clock:'This great little unit has a motion detecting sensor that will make the camera activate and record as soon as it detects movement within a 4 metre radius. Once this recording is completed it is immediately ready to detect and record any further movement. It also comes with a mini remote control unit for "One touch" video recording. Alternatively the unit can be set to record sound only. It will record up to 12 hours of video or 25 hours of sound only.'-- TechTalk
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The Assassination Umbrella:'This umbrella is equipped with a pellet of toxic ricin that will infect and kill its target over the course of a few days. Its last known use was on a Bulgarian defector and BBc reporter Georgi Markov in London, 1978.'-- collaged
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Spy Air Freshener:'A covert 3G colour camera and microphone are discretely built into this common domestic air freshener, allowing the user to receive both crisp picture, excellent sound and flowery fresh smell from anywhere in the world.'-- TalkTalk
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Dog Doo Transmitter:'Boghardt, the International Spy Museum's historian, says this "turd" has a hollowed-out space inside, ideal for holding a message so that case officers and sources could communicate without raising suspicion. Doo tends to be left alone, which is why beacons disguised as tiger excrement were used to mark targets in Vietnam, Boghardt says. One of the risks is obviously that such a device would be thrown away or discovered by someone accidentally.'-- Izismile.com
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The Martini Olive Bug: 'Scientist Hal Lipset specialized in inserting audio devices into seriously inappropriate places. He specialized in secret, high-tech gadgetry, most famously his waterproof Martini Olive Bug, almost always concealed as something mundane, and even operated out of a covert laboratory hidden behind a false storefront.'-- Cracked
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Peephole Reverser:'We install peepholes in our doors to protect ourselves, allowing us to identify anyone at the door before we open it to them. But those same peepholes can easily be used against us. A simple gadget called a peephole reverser, also known as a tactical door viewer, was developed by law enforcement, giving them a look at activity inside a dwelling without alerting anyone inside.'-- spygadgets.com
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Shotgun Flashlight:'ARES Defense Systems has developed a Mag-Lite that doubles as a .410 gauge shotgun. A grenade-style pin removes the safety, and the flashlight fires a .410 shotgun round out the back when a button is pressed. A Mini-Mag size fires a .380 round.'-- techeblog
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The Trees Have Eyes: 'Is that a maple seed spinning down toward the ground – or a covert micro-camera designed by Lockheed Martin? The defense contractor is developing a tiny camera based on the seed, which will have two tiny jet boosters to help steer it and keep it in the air. Lockheed plans to disperse them over war zones to monitor conditions, find survivors in disaster areas and even detect chemical and biological weapons.'-- SAEBA
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Bread & Iceberg Lettuce Safes:'Bread Safe is made to look like the actual product, but it's a container safe. Without so much as a seam. The bottom snaps off to reveal a secret hiding place. Place the realistic head of Iceberg Lettuce in your refrigerator in the vegetable compartment with your most valuable small items inside for safe-keeping. Research shows that a burglar spends an average of 8 minutes in the victim's home. Put the odds in your favor...hide your valuables in plain sight. The diversion safes are a unique home-security product.'-- BBB
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Cigarette Case Gun: 'Soviet agent Nicolai Khokhlov defected to the Americans in 1954 after aborting an attempt to assassinate an anti-Communist leader in Franfurt, the world got a peek at the would-be assassin’s equipment. Among the top secret items was a gold cigarette case that concealed an electrically operated gun capable of firing cyanide-tipped bullets.'-- Spygadgets.com
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Suicide Pin:'If a CIA operative were caught, he could choose capture or death by this pin. When twisted the right way, the silver dollar would unleash a pin coated in saxitoxin, Its user would die in seconds from the poison.' -- collaged
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p.s. Hey. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. You probably know this already, but if you're heading to the Stedlijk from Amsterdam Central (train) Station, and if you're planning on getting there by tram, take either Tram 16 or 24 and get off at the Museumplein stop, and you'll be right there. Sure, write me when you get back and we'll set it up. Next week is a bit crazed for me since I'll be out of town on Tuesday, Wednesday and then on Friday through the weekend, but I should be online, if pretty off and on. ** Misanthrope, It wasn't just you. Something in the post's code fucked up the blog's appearance for some reason, but I happened to catch your comment early and managed to remove the offending code bit. No doubt about the dumps imposed upon you by the car shit. Having grown up in LA where cars are like the shoes on one's feet, life was always being turned on its ugly head by auto misbehavior. Oh, so they basically let Undertaker have a final triumphant win and then retired him while on top? I guess better that than when, say, they brought back Hogan and tried to let him have a few completely unbelievable looking wins before getting rid of him again asap. I can't really see Undertaker coming back as a manager or announcer. Who knows with the WWE, though. ** Lizz Brady, Hi, Lizz! I've been trying and failing at the moment to write a new novel, but something will come of it. It was going to be about my real life friendship with the real life George Miles, who's been my work's great muse, but it didn't work. I think I know what it's going to be about if my new strategy works, but it's a bit too early to say what that is yet. Thank you a lot about 'My Loose Thread'. That's one of my two favorite novels of mine. That's interesting, I did feel some kind of kinship with the writing of yours that I've seen. Yeah, it's tricky and important to finesse the right relationship between the personal and the secretive. My failure to get that right is a big reason why my George novel is so fucked up. Exactly, about everyone's different perceptions. It's so hard and interesting to try work with that and calculate a particular writing effect given what a crapshoot that reaction is. Anyway, yeah, thank you for the kind words. They mean a lot coming from you. ** 5STRINGS, Slaves just give complicated front. They're not meat. They just play meat on certain websites. The way to their hearts is through their hearts. The rest is dream. Dark new stack, man. Everyone, She's Only 17 by 5STRINGS. ** David Ehrenstein, Ha ha, Lagerfeld, good one, ha ha. Jonathan Rosenbaum is 70? Wow. I'll go watch at least part of that video later. Very intriguing. Thank you! ** Will C., Hey there, Will! It's really nice to see you! Things have been pretty okay to great here for the most part. That 3/4 through the novella news is great news! Hate the stalls, right? But they're part of the deal, and they have their distancing plus side, and if you're that far along, it'll be fine, man, if you're worried. Still on the job hunt? Man, it's tough. Anyway, I'd love to hear more of how you're doing, etc., if you feel like it, and all the very best to you in any case. ** John Veldhoen, John! Well, I'm so grateful that you came back at all. Evan Dara ... I don't know who that is, but I will go find out as soon as I finish this thing. I don't know, your reading sounds like momentous stuff. Man, that's so kind of you to say about what I do. I don't know what it's like to be me. I think I'm just a weird combination of obsessive and optimistic and dutiful or something, and, otherwise, I'm just nothing and lucky. Just know, and you do, that whenever you want to be around, I'll feel enlightened. I mean that, man. Love from me from here on out. ** Scunnard, I think I know what you mean in a way due to my disappearing into blog post making maybe. Yeah, connections. I feel kind of weird in that way too 'cos I don't really have any art connections here in Paris that I know of. I thought the Pompidou gig would open doors, but nah, unless the doors are in places I don't know. Anyway, I'll think. Give me more info on that show, if you feel like it. I'm interested, duh. ** Statictick, Cherishing disagreements is a good way to go. For instance, Tin Machine is my all-time least favorite Bowie thing, so let's cherish that together. Excellent about the Lamictal smoothness. May that continue to drift, and, yeah, tell me about the scary 'lost time' thing, if you feel like. Yikes, man. My appreciation in advance too. ** Schlix, Hi, Uli! How are you, man? It's really good to see you! ** James, Hi. I'm not a big Thom Yorke/ Radiohead fan, so I don't think I'll be springing for that Atoms thing. Well, I might be able to salvage some of the George novel. Not sure at all about that yet. I envy your spate of motherfucking editing. That sounds like clover to me. I hated dialogue for a long time, but then I got really into it for a while, say in 'MLT' and 'The Sluts', and then I turned on it, and now I'm kind of back into it again. I think dialogue is a really flexible thing to work with, and it has all this space and time illusion in it, which is really useful if you want to fuck with tempo and with creating potent gaps in the prose/ narrative, and it's a great hiding place because it goes down with readers so smoothly, and it's a good method by which to escape or give the impression of escaping the oppressive ego of the writer, and ... I don't know, I guess I'm kind of very interested in what dialogue can do that moment. Love to you too! ** Cobaltfram, Hi, John. The waiting game, yes, expect a lot of that until the stars align. My novel is not in decent shape, man, ha ha. I don't know where you got that impression, but, no. I have hopes at the moment, but the novel's relationship to those hopes is very tangential at best. I'm not sure if the neo-memoir thing will remain or not. Honestly, I'm not so very interested in that form, and the memoir aspect, and my inability to ace/reinvent it in an acceptable way, has ultimately been the fatal blow, so I don't know if I'll keep scaling that cliff or not. Maybe. 'Close to the Knives' is a very great book, in my opinion. I blurbed it originally, but I don't know if my blurb has survived the many following editions. It's a great book. I know what 'The Tale of Genji' is, yes, but I don't think I've read it. I think it's supposed to be incredibly great, I understand. Well, if I don't see you 'til Monday, I obviously hope that Austin is your own personal Oz. ** Chris Dankland, Hi, Chris. Nice of you to say hello. No snow here anymore, but it's pretty cold, and the sky looks gray enough to be hoarding snow, so we will see. March, I know, weird. Rent's due again, ugh. Man, that school stuff ... Reading that makes me so angry. It's one of the clearest, most savage examples of how America is so incredibly fucked up and without moral compass and disrespectful/abusive of the young and broadly self-defeating. That's really just so painful but good to hear. I've never seen 'The Wire'. It's weird, but I haven't. It started just before I 'moved' over here, and it was on a cable channel in France that I don't have here, and it was dubbed into French, so I basically missed it. Oh, great that you and Cobaltfram are meeting up! I hope that and your getaway to Austin in general go really well, and I know they will. All the best and a fantastic weekend to you too! ** Bollo, Hi, J. Thanks for having me. Or for having here, I mean. I owe you, buddy. ** Okay. Spy gear. That's your visual, etc. for the day. Enjoy, I hope, of course, and I will see you tomorrow.