Coolest Bond gadgets
Bond aid: Two things make James Bond as cool as he is - a British accent, and his state-of-the-art gadgets. Here's a look at some of the latter.
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Bond aid: Two things make James Bond as cool as he is - a British accent, and his state-of-the-art gadgets. Here's a look at some of the latter. In Thunderball, Sean Connery, the first Bond, surprised the world by strapping on a jet pack to help him to safety.
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Killed to order: Bond films have always been known for their advanced technology. One particularly cool gadget in Licence to Kill was the gun with a camera built in. The special thing about this sniper gun was that it could be programmed to shoot one particular person, who would be identified by the scanner of the camera.
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The first: Pierce Brosnan may have been among the first people in the world to use (or pretend to use) a mobile phone, as it was introduced in the film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Ericsson's concept phone had a few features specially for Bond, like a finger print detector and a stun gun.
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Bond's best: One of the coolest gadgets (if you can call a car that) was, and continues to be the Aston Martin which is Bond's signature car for all practical purposes. In this picture, Sean Connery next to an Aston Martin DB5 in the film Goldfinger (1964).
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More from Q: Another custom-made gadget from the house of Q was the Lotus Esprit S1 - a vehicle that worked wonders on land and under water. It was a collection of gadgets contained within, and had features like inkblasters and underwater smoke screens to escape enemies; air missiles, torpedoes, land mines etc. This super cool gadget was introduced in the film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
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Vital: In the upcoming Bond flick, Daniel Craig has sought to implement some changes, and reducing technology and gadgets is one such change. A mobile phone hardly counts as a gadget any more, but this one has features like a vital sign reading monitor, that would report back to the headquarters if all was not well.
