- "Warrant Officer Nkosi twisted round in his seat, glanced at the mobile and said, with a broad smile, ‘Commander Bond, that is a nice toy. Without doubt.’"
- ― Carte Blanche
The "IQPhone" was the nickname of a fictional communications device developed by Q-Branch; the research and development division of British special operations agency, the Overseas Development Group (ODG). The equipment appeared in Jeffery Deaver's 2011 James Bond continuation novel, Carte Blanche.
History[]
Designed by Sanu Hirani, head of "Q-Branch", the device resembled an iPhone, but was slightly larger and featured special optics, audio systems and other hardware. The unit contained multiple phones – one that could be registered to an agent's official or nonofficial cover identity, then a hidden unit, with hundreds of operational apps and encryption packages.[1] Among its advanced features was the "Vibra-Mike", an eavesdropping app which reconstructed conversation observed through windows or transparent doors by reading vibrations on glass or other nearby smooth surfaces. It combined what it detected sonically with visual input of lip and cheek movement, eye expression and body language; reconstructing conversations with approximately 85 per cent accuracy.[2] There was also a tracking app capable of painting a car with a MASINT profile, taking its co-ordinates with a laser, and then uploading the data to the GCHQ tracking centre. The results would be beamed back to the mobile via satellites.[2] The device could also covertly read an individual's iris; confirming their identity and supplying the field agent with information.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Deaver, Jeffery (26 May 2011). "Chapter 5", Carte Blanche, James Bond (in En-UK). Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 1444716476.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Deaver, Jeffery (26 May 2011). "Chapter 28", Carte Blanche, James Bond (in En-UK). Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 1444716476.
- ↑ Deaver, Jeffery (26 May 2011). "Chapter 32", Carte Blanche, James Bond (in En-UK). Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 1444716476.