Practical products for centenarian spies

well. " " Let's not be hasty, dear. " Boris leaned forward. " This sounds a bit more covert. Might come in handy, you know, when searching for our man, am I right? " " Eye-wateringly right. " Modell opened the case. " How does the implant work then? " " Simplest operation in the world. Look— " Modell took Boris's face in his hands. " Really, Boris? " Annabel sighed. " Now just look straight ahead for me. " Modell held a slim silver cylinder in front of Boris's left eye. " You'll feel something like a blast of cold air. " There was a sharp hiss and as Boris blinked in surprise, Modell repeated the operation on the other eye. " There you go. How's that feel? " " Fine. " Boris rubbed his eyes. " Oh, I say! I've found your data. " " Yes, the interface should feel quite intuitive. It's one blink for yes and two for no. " " I see, so I just blink to say yes to see more of your email? " " Basically. " Modell smiled proudly. " Oho! " Boris blinked and stared ahead emptily. " Newly single I see? " " That's right! " Modell grinned. " And I just scroll back by looking this way? " Boris was repeatedly glancing to the left as if trying to draw attention to something in the corner of the room. " How inconspicuous, " said Annabel. " Ah! A midlife-crisis poetry book! " Boris blinked his yeses. " Oh, my dear fellow, " he chortled, " this is a bit ripe, isn't it? Oh wait, I've closed it. How am I supposed to stop blinking? " " You'll get used to it. Search for something else, like my last blog on the new Barbour phone—it's scorching stuff. " " How do you turn it off? " Annabel sighed. Mark Blythe has jumped on the design fiction bandwagon and written a novel called The Centenarians. Lacking the decency to leave it in a drawer, he is shamelessly sharing the excerpt below. Annabel and Boris Bide, the 100-year-old heroes, are sitting at the desk of a Ministry official… B ack to do a special job! " Modell smirked. " A heavy duty but there's no higher honor at the end of an illustrious career. In the words of the poet and philosopher …