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CIA & KGB Gadgets On Display

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-a-tthe-gear dept.

ricst writes "Been postponing that visit to the Reagan Presidential library? Well, delay no more, because they are hosting an exhibit of some formerly secret CIA and KGB gadgets. reports, "For the first time, the public is getting a large scale view of the CIA's and KGB's real-life James Bond gadgets, from a replica of the Russians' deadly poison-dart umbrella to some of the Amercians' most ingeniously concealed cameras." The last 200 years of history of technology is reflected in these spy devices that go back to the Revolutionary War."

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  1. CIA has thier own museum. by RobL3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Believe it or not, the CIA has thier own museum complete with cool old spy gizmos. It's even online at:
    http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/artifacts/

  2. NSA museum by asmithmd1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You might not believe it but the NSA has their own museum National Cryptologic Museum It has a real ENIGMA machine as well as the machine used to break the codes. The displays pretty much end in the 70's or 80's with a massive CRAY machine as the most modern thing they show

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  3. micro dot? by Em+Emalb · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The article said the earliest microdot was made (i think) in 1854. Anyone know how this was done? Kinda light on details there.

    On a side note, where's the sharks with frickin' laser beams? They had Dr. Evil's ring, but not the sea bass? What gives?

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