By Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - 'Now pay attention, 007!'
In the James Bond novels and films, it fell to technical expert Q to invent the gizmos and cunningly concealed weapons that helped the British spy cheat death and save the world.
From a biometric keyboard to blast-proof curtains, the inventions on display in the real world this month came from five technology firms in the final round of the Global Security Challenge, a competition to identify the world's most promising security start-up.
'I'm sorry that Q wasn't at the judging table,' said Sir Richard Dearlove, who from 1999-2004 was the real-life C -- the code-name given to the head of British spy service MI6.
But on a more somber note, he told participants: 'We are faced with complex new threats to society ..
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