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JAMES BONG's Weird World of Inventions in JAMES BONG'S Weird World of Inventions in "Thunderball" -HOW THEY WORK! JET-PACK FLYING SUIT SEAN CON NERY AS 007 WITH GEIGER-COUNTER WATCH AND UNDERWATER CAMERA Ni.suB . - Ps editor drives Toronado 1 И ,_ LLiй ~1rу? гJ iдН Ы а?г~Э s £~~£ г! I FOR WINTER DRIVING : ERS • Choosing the Right Motor Oil . story COMING NEXT MONTH Sailor, beware! Don't miss the bi . HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE : PS Boating section FUN AFLOAT IN '66 Is Front-Wheel Drive for You? PAGE 55 Boats! Boats! Boats! 20 page 10,000-mile report: PS puts a year's worth of driving on America's most talked . full color-and loaded to the gur a b ou t car, the Toroпado, to give you the straight facts . news and know-how in boating's t ever . Boats for fishing, boats James Bond sailing, cruising, camping, racing ' s Weird World of Inventions PAGE 60 plain fun .- . Boats of fiberglass, A look at the awesome gadgets 007 tangles with in the movie "Thunderball ." steel, plywood, polystyrene foam drofoils, multikeels, jet-propelled Why I Believe in Flying saucers PAGE 72 powered, stern drive .-- Everyth MacKinlay Kantor nine-foot sailboat to a 38-foot, tells of the sighting that convinced him UFOs are real . forts-of-home houseboat . N1 and gear - - . Plus the facts abc Two Features for Winter Drivers PAGES 106 AND 120 rings, how to go boat-camping, New discoveries about multigrade oils that will ease winter driving - Plus coming next in the booming boa step-by-step advice on how to get more life from your battery- In the same issue : Eyewitness re copter war in Viet Nam . E Humidify Your Home-and Cut Heating Costs PAGE 152 new steam auto engine . Takir Home humidifiers : How they work to bring you health, comfort, and economy- out of wheel alignment . Wor ects . Another in the moneys' COVER PAINTING BY JAMES E . 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CARS AND DRiving HOME AND SHOP ELECTRONICS 55 Is Front-Wheel Drive for You? 124 Living-Room Workbench 98 Electric Eye That Measures 64 Parlor Game on Wheels Licks the Dust 101 What's New in Electronics 87 What's New for Your Car 128 Thingamajig for Cutting Tapers 164 Thiefproof Your Car Electri 106 The Truth About Multigrade Oils 132 Floor Flanges Make the Job Easier 134 How to Make Duck Silhouettes SPECIAL REPORTS 136 Your Table Saw Will Cut Circles PHOTOGRAPHY 140 A Tool That Cuts Lumber Costs 84 The Topcon Auto 100 60 James Bond's Weird World of 142 What's New for the Home 110 6 Tips for Photographers inventions 143 For Fast, Accurate Setups- 72 Why I Believe in Flying saucers Machine a Нolе-Aligner PICTURE NEWS 88 Trains That Can Go 150 M .P .H. 144 Tricks for Milling on a Lathe 146 What's New in Тoоls 86 A Movable Home for Vacat SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS 147 Fastest Orbital Sander 97 Space Gloves to Help Astr i 109 Telephone Is Wiretap-proof 76 Instant Arrest by Univac 148 Plastic Pipe Cuts Plumbing Costs 77 House Made Entirely of Concrete 152 Humidify Your Home - .- and Cut Heating Costs EVERY MONTH 78 Can You Invent a Million-Dollar Fad? 158 Wiring a New Part of Your House 97 Merry-Go-Round in Italian Lake 8 PS Readers Talk Back Teaches Water skiing 18 "Say, Smokey-" 104 Tickle Talk-Now You Can "Hear" AUTO UPKEEP 27 Science Newsfront with Your Fingers 120 More Life from Your Car Battery 52 Detroit Report 112 Silent Sea Engine for Nuclear Subs 71 I'd Like to See Them Make 168 Gus Meets the Friday-Night Bandit New Ideas from the Invent 174 Hints from the Model Garage 102 SPACE AND AVIATION 151 Shop Talk 180 Wordless Workshop 68 Dr. von Braun : What Happens to BOATING AND OUTDOOR SPORTS a Rocket Booster 94 New Runways Built on Stilts Mechanics and Handicraft ® Popular 82 What's New in Boating COPYRIGHT © 1965 BY POPULAR SCIENCE 119 Tail Rotor Is swiveled to 116 Ski-Scooters-How You PUBLISHING CO-, INC . ALL RIGHTS REsERVed Speed Helicopter Can Go-Go in Snow PRINTED IN u.s.A. 24 2 POPULAR SCIENCE r An emergency shipment of gadgets is prepared by Q Branch chief (actor Desmond Llewelyn) for James Bond to battle SPECTRE, a ,lames Bond's Weird World', of Inventli alone has earnE 007 tangles with the trickiest gаdgеtrу is a smash hit in Hollywood . lion . Goldfinger Dozens of new films and TV episodes million-more than any film 1 assortment of supergadgets ever are filled with zany gimmicks and pushbut- turned over a comparаblе time their success has assembled for the screen in new ton devices to entertain audiences . Because many imitators, the Bond рr' James Bond movie, "Thunderball" The thing that started this remarkable trend is the unprecedented success of the have to reach for some prett' gimmick-packed James Bond movies- The devices to keep Bondoрhiles o By HERBERT SHULDINER first three 007 films raked in over $75 mil- their s eats- so they've invested Trapped in a French chateau , James Bond dons a Bond is in orbit : Actually it's a stand - in who goes That famous Aston Martin of Bond's Bell jet-pack flying belt and gets set to blast off for a 20 -second flight , just long enough for Agent gimmicks in "Thunderball "- like t to safety with the hydrogen-fueled gadget- 007 to lift himself out of a tight spot . sure hoses that knock pursuers off t Q Branch chief (actor Desmond Llewelyn) for James Bond to battle SPECTRE, an international gang that has hijacked two NATO H-bombs- 000 for the zany gadgets in the newest 007 thriller, 'Thunderball ," starring Sean Connery . Most of the infernal devices never existed in the original Ian Fleeting stories- "Our of Inventions only excuse for using them," says screen- Weird World writer Richard Maibaum, "is that such gadgetry is a smash hit in Hollywood- lion- Goldfinger alone has earned about 543 devices are available and cry out to be Dozens of new films and TV episodes million-more than any film has ever re- buckled onto James Bond's back ." filled with zany gimmicks and pushbut- turned over a comparable time span . Some of the gadgets actually are buckled i devices to entertain audiences- Because their success has spawned so onto Con l erv's famous back . One is the The thing that started this remarkable many imitators, the Bond producers now hell jet-pack flying belt Bond uses in the be- nd is the unprecedented success of the have to reach for some pretty spectacular ginning of the film to escape from a French nmick-packed James Bond movies. The devices to keep Bondophiles o tie edge of chateau- Connery has to "ear a special t three (107 films raked in over $75 mil- their seats . So they've invested about S300-- Dacron suit whose color "-won't bleach out Continued I\ ikon underwater camera id is in orbit : Actually it's a stand-in who goes That famous Aston Martin of Bond's has a few more is used by Bond to take a 20-second flight, just long enough for Agent gimmicks in "Thunderball"-like these high-pres- pictures during a reconnaissance mission- His wrist- watch Geiger counter is worn on the right wrist 7 to lift himself out of a tight spot . sure hoses that knock pursuers off their feet- . Bad-guy agents of SPECTRE navi, Fierce battle underwater shows one si Actress Luciana Paluzzi sits on a BSA 650 Lightning Lippe, a SPECTRE agent. As he closes in to shoot lying wounded with prop knife in stoi (right) which follows Fairlane (top) closing in on 007, Lippe's car is hit (center) by rockets from breathing gear (foreground) is powered Bond's Aston Martin- Fairlane's driver is Count motorcycle, explodes, turns over in flames (bottom) . when touched by the belt's highly concen- build a cocoon aft on a 60-footer, nearly trated peroxide fuel. The belt provides doubling the vessel's length to an overall about 20 seconds of flight, but only 10 sec- 110 feet . This permits the film makers to onds is used for the upward flight. It would add an exciting fillip . The cocoon can be be disastrous to run out of power a couple jettisoned at the touch of a button, allow- of hundred feet up in the air . ing the hydrofoil to room off at full speed- Thunderball's prize piece of gadgetry is The hydrofoil has a 1,320-hp- Mercedes- a $300,000, 64-foot hydrofoil yacht- It be- Benz diesel and can hit a top speed of longs to 007's enemies-SPECTRE-a sinis- about 40 knots- But Adams can improve on ter gang of international criminals that has that-by filming it at one-third normal cam- hijacked two H-bombs from NATO. They're era speed- Normal projection speed makes holding the bombs for $300 million in ran- the Disco Volante appear to do over 100 som. If the Allies don't pay off, SPECTRE knots. The hydrofoil is also the mother ship threatens to wipe out two Western cities- for a two-man sub and eight sea tows-one- SPECTRE (Special Executive for Coun- man, powered underwater sleds . terintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Ex- Jordan Klein, a top expert in the art of tortion) is led by Emilio Largo from the undersea movie making, designed the sub- hydrofoil floating fortress called the Disco It's supposed to transport the hijacked Volante.
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