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28 the best equipped agent in fiLM history? Since the first film, Dr No, was released in 1962, the Bond films have been setting standards for the ultimate spy, at least on screen. Each film has entertained the audience with the beautiful women, exotic locations, and incredible stunts. There is one more thing, though, that one almost always associates with a James Bond film – the state-of-the-art tech gear. You could say there is a Bond for each generation and time. I grew up with Roger Moore and one of the first Bond films I saw, and which I still remember is The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) for one of the coolest and perhaps famous scenes ever. In a long car chase Bond drives a white Lotus Esprit into the ocean and disappears, then you can actually see the car transforming into a small submarine under water! Some scenes later the car emerges and drives out of the water on a sandy beach, much to the surprise and horror of the people sunning and bathing. This was probably each tech buff ’s wet dream! Actually, the car being in the film was pure chance. It became known to the founder of Lotus Cars, Colin Chapman that the upcoming Bond film was to be filmed at Pinewood Studios. So in 1975 he took a pre-production Esprit to the studios, bribed the doorman and left the car, where anyone trying to get in or out of the studios, would see it. Soon Cubby Broccoli, the producer, and the production staff saw it and were so impressed that they decided Esprit would be the James Bond’s car in the film. To transform the Esprit from car to submarine, Lotus lent the film company two Lotus Esprit’s, five Esprit body shells, and two Lotus personnel. The body shells were used to make a 1:1 scale replica of the underwater Esprit, built by the firm Perry Oceanographics, and it cost the film company 100,000,000 dollars to convert the Esprit body shell into a submarine. It featured fins, front-mounted rocket launchers, mines, a periscope, a smoke screen, a surface aUTHor: KaTErina SCHwETz PHoTograPHEr: jörg bEHrEnS PHonE PiCTUrES: EriCSon The Lotus, that was featured in the car chases PPW 306R, can be seen at the ”Car of the Stars” Museum in Cumbria. The underwater Esprit is at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum. to air missile, and a cement sprayer concealed behind the registration plates. The other body shell was used in various underwater scenes and was powered by compressed air and equipped with a space-frame and a locked steering wheel. The remaining three body shells went back into production of new cars. After the film was released in 1977 Lotus Esprit became so popular, that there was a three year waiting list. A custom made smartphone A new Bond era with Pierce Brosnan started in 1995 featuring new state of the art technological gadgets that reflected the development in technology at the end of the millenium. One of those was a concept mobile phone designed by Ericson and used in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). The phone had several different features as a stun gun with 20,000 volt shock to any unauthorised user and could also disable a high tech door lock; a fingerprint scanner/analyser/transmitter that also could open high-tech fingerprintidentification locks; and a ”flip-open” remote control for operating 007’s BMW 750iL (Directional steering pad, LCD monitor for the front and rear view, controls to fire rocket launcher and operate the car’s other defense mechanisms). Ericson R380 was launched in 2000, and much of its style, as for instance the ”flip-open” design, was incorporated. With its touchscreen and partially covered by a flip it can be seen as a predecessor to the P800/P900 series of smartphones and it was the first phone to use the new Symbian OS version 5, unicode. It is said that the phone was the world’s first smartphone, though users could not install their own software on it. You could say what you like about one of the world’s longest franchise, but one thing is for sure – if you are watching a Bond film – everything in it is first rate quality!
alumnusinterview sound and vibration – ChaLMers and beyond aUTHor: gUillaUME joUrDain PHoTograPHEr: EriKo Koga After studying and working abroad for quite a few years, Yo Fujiso, is back in France where he has just started his PhD on human voice mechanism. Tofsen has met him to talk about his international experiences, particularly the years spent at Chalmers. Can you describe your studies before you came to Chalmers, did you have any international experience? -I started my studies back in 2002 in my hometown Paris, France, preparing for competitive entrance examinations to selective French engineering schools. In 2004 I was admitted to one of these schools, the ENSIAME, which is located in Valenciennes (Northern France). At this school, I took various courses related to mechanical engineering and fluid mechanics. In 2006, I did a 5-month internship in a very small German town called Wiehl (near Cologne) at a German company manufacturing axles for trucks. This was my first international study experience. In the spring of 2007, still at the ENSIAME, I took a basic course in acoustics. Being a musician (I play the piano, drums and guitar), I found the things I learnt in this course very interesting. Acoustics was completely new to me and I decided to improve my knowledge of it. why did you choose to come to Chalmers? -The first time I visited Gothenburg was during a week in April 2007 and I instantly enjoyed the city. Shortly afterwards, I applied to come to Chalmers as an exchange student on the International Master’s Program in Sound and Vibration for the 2007 fall semester. Although I was supposed to stay for only one semester at Chalmers, I ended up completing the entire curriculum (including 3 academic semesters, with one semester to complete my Master’s thesis) in order to obtain two Master’s degrees (one French and one Swedish) instead of one. what are your most prominent memories from your time at Chalmers? -I have so many good memories! The strongest ones, however, would include the gigs I participated in as a drummer during some the Chalmers events (e.g. Nollrock 2007 and pub crawls in Gasquen). Off-campus, I enjoyed having a 3-month summer job in 2008, at Volvo Car’s Aerodynamics Department, at the Torslanda factory. One of my colleagues there, who had a pilot’s license, offered me a trip in his small plane and we flew across Gothenburg! That was really awesome. Finally, I loved the Swedish celebration of spring, known as Valborg, with barbecue parties in Slottskogen and at Saltholmen. what did you do after graduation? -First I would like to mention my Master’s thesis, which I completed in 2009, at a laboratory in Paris called My dream is to conduct underwater acoustics research focused on marine animals Lutherie Acoustique Musique (Instrument making- Acoustics-Music). At the laboratory I conducted research in specialized musical acoustics and the vibrotactile acoustics of an electric guitar. After graduation from Chalmers in September 2009, I moved to Tokyo, Japan, in order to work for 8 months at a Japanese acoustic consultancy company called Nagata Acoustics. The company is specialized in the acoustical design of concert halls for orchestral music and other venues. Tokyo is an extraordinary city, with so many things to do and see, yet life can sometimes be tiring there, due to the gigantic size of the city. It is an overcrowded place and there is an almost constant noise. I came back to France this summer and started writing my PhD thesis in aero acoustical modeling of the human upper airways in October this year. what skills from your Chalmers experience have been the most useful to you in your career? I developed skills in team work and learnt how to use laboratory equipment. Do you have any visions for the future? My dream is to conduct underwater acoustics research focused on marine animals like whales and sharks since these animals fascinate me. Otherwise I would like to work in the music industry. Name: Yo Fujiso BackgrouNd: French/Japanese master Program: Sound and Vibration time of graduatioN: September 2009 curreNt activities: PhD student in aero-acoustics at Gipsa-lab, Grenoble, France. Conducts research on human voice mechanism. 29
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