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Die Another Day Gadgets

Unbreakable Glass Smashing Ring

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The new ‘Quartermaster’ (Bond isn’t comfortable calling John Cleese, Q, just yet), then takes “Double O Zero”, as he calls the inactive spy, on a tour of his new underground Q Branch.
As it is a celebration of forty years of Bond movies, we get to see that the Thunderball Bell Rocket Belt still works, that Rosa Klebb’s knife emitting shoe still has a faint whiff of Russian baddie about it and the underwater crocodile canoe thing from Octopussy and the tiny plane from A View To A Kill are taking up a bit more space than is available.
Cleese is a rather under-rated British actor, as his performance proves. Part homage, part exaggeration, part superiority, this is very much a new old Q. The sadly deceased Desmond Llewelyn would have surely been proud that his creation had remained in character.
“One pane, unbreakable glass. One standard issue ring finger. Twist, so. Voila.”
The abbreviated delivery is the same, and the tech is as great as ever.
The pane of glass smashes into thousands of pieces and Q explains, “Ultra high frequency single digit sonic agitator unit.”
007: “You know, you’re cleverer than you look.”
Q: “Still, better than looking cleverer than you are.”
Oh yes, we most certainly have a new Q.

Although a relatively simple device. It is after all based on practical experiments that many of us have tried, it is one of our favourite James Bond gadgets. 
The very fact that something like a “Ultra high frequency single digit sonic agitator unit”, is so plausible, yet doesn't exist, is precisely why it should.
The best part though, is the name. I will repeat; ultra high frequency single digit sonic agitator unit - brilliant.
Just like a dog is a quadruped canine mammal.
Anyway, just as the guy in the video explains, it's all about resonance, frequencies and concentrated areas for vibration purposes.
So, although we are not aware of such a device, it is far more likely than the erm invisible car which we will be moving on to shortly, so bring it on - we want ultra high frequency single digit sonic agitator units to exist.

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