James Bond 50th Anniversary Prints by Max Dalton

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James Bond, one of cinema’s most enduring characters, has been thwarting diabolical megalomaniacs and romancing femme fatales on screen for fifty years now. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the super spy’s films, Spoke Art will be releasing two brand new prints by artist Max Dalton at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.

The theater will screen eight classic Bond films all weekend long (Friday to Sunday), and attendees of the evening screenings will get the first opportunity to purchase these limited edition prints. The prints will be made available online on the Spoke Art website on Monday, April 23rd.

The 18” x 24” giclee prints are hand numbered, and will be limited to a run of only 250.

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Rinspeed Squba – Concept Electric Submersible Sports Car

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The Rinspeed sQuba concept car will be unveiled to the general public during the Geneva Motor Show in March 2008.

This sports car has some futuristic features under its frame. The makers claim that the car is a completely zero emission vehicle, as it is powered by rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries. And it can drive itself, without any input from a driver – all thanks to a sophisticated laser sensor system from the Hamburg company Ibeo. But the best feature of the car is its ability to move under water like a submarine. CEO of Rinspeed, and  avowed James Bond fan, Frank M. Rinderknecht,  was inspired to build this car, after watching Roger Moore use a submersible car in The Spy Who Loved Me’.  The car can not only traverse water bodies, but can also dive till a depth of 10 m, with top speed of 3 km/h underwater.

Due to an open top design, the driver will have have to breathe underwater using compressed air from an integrated air-tank.

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