SPIN Radio
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. Very few exist and only-highly trained experts are allowed to use them. It folds up to the size of a small pea. Rob Newman usually has one with him.
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies, but their dialling mechanism is outsourced to Rajak Industries for reasons that we can’t go in to right now.
When activated, the SPIN radio’s neo-mogrifier automatically picks up the frequency of the closest International Police HQ transponder, which then activates a nossle-activator within the network palisade, which in turn activates the corpuscle-twerp in the interface itself. This, as you well know, is what facilitates the multi-co-linearity of the system itself.
Rob Newman is known for having achieved the highest score ever on the SAT (SPIN Assessment Test), and has the trophy atop his ant farm in his bedroom.
First seen in Book 1, page 184
Research
e_spin_radioIn the printed almanac pages (12 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
character_fact (1)
Rob Newman usually has a SPIN radio with him.
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b07:c99:p258
object_fact (20)
The SPIN Radio lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters; it folds to the size of a small pea; Rob Newman usually carries one.
SPIN radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. Very few exist and only-highly trained experts are allowed to use them. It folds up to the size of a small pea. Rob Newman usually has one with him. al1:c01:p295
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies but their dialling mechanism is outsourced to Rajak Industries.
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies, but their dialling mechanism is outsourced to Rajak Industries al1:c01:p295
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. b01:c99:p202
Very few SPIN Radios exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them.
Very few exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them. b01:c99:p202
A SPIN Radio folds up to the size of a small pea.
It folds up to the size of a small pea. b01:c99:p202
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. b03:c08:p179 b03:c99:p198
Very few SPIN Radios exist and only highly-trained experts are allowed to use them.
Very few exist and only-highly trained experts are allowed to use them. b03:c99:p198
The SPIN Radio folds up to the size of a small pea.
It folds up to the size of a small pea. b03:c99:p198
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. b05:c99:p236
Very few SPIN Radios exist and only highly-trained experts are allowed to use them; it folds up to the size of a small pea.
Very few exist and only-highly trained experts are allowed to use them. It folds up to the size of a small pea. b05:c99:p236
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. b06:c10:p253 b06:c99:p280
Very few SPIN Radios exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them; each folds up to the size of a small pea.
Very few exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them. It folds up to the size of a small pea. b06:c99:p280
Rob pulled out his SPIN radio and called the police; within 47 seconds they heard the sound of triplocopter rotors.
Rob pulled out his SPIN radio and called the police. Within 47 seconds we heard the familiar sound of triplocopter rotors against the air. b07:c08:p186 b07:c08:p187
A SPIN radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters; it folds up to the size of a small pea.
A SPIN radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. Very few exist, and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them. It folds up to the size of a small pea. b07:c99:p258
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. b08:c09:p228 b08:c99:p265
Very few SPIN Radios exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them; the device folds up to the size of a small pea.
Very few exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them. It folds up to the size of a small pea. b08:c99:p265
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters; very few exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neomogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. Very few exist and only highly trained experts are allowed to use them. b09:c12:p261 b09:c99:p297
A SPIN Radio folds up to the size of a small pea.
It folds up to the size of a small pea. b09:c99:p297
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters; they fold up to the size of a small pea.
A SPIN Radio (Secure Police Interface Neo-mogrifier) lets the user communicate directly with International Police Headquarters. Very few exist and only-highly trained experts are allowed to use them. They fold up to the size of a small pea. b10:c10:p268 b10:c99:p320
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies, with their dialling mechanism outsourced to Rajak Industries.
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies, but their dialling mechanism is outsourced to Rajak Industries for reasons that we can't go into right now. b10:c99:p320
Relationships
- invented_by Mgadigadi Technologies
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies al1:c01:p295
- other: owned by Rob Newman
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b05:c99:p236
extraction note Reversing direction: spin_radio owned by rob_newman would be owns from rob to spin_radio. - other: manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies
SPIN radios are manufactured by Mgadigadi Technologies b10:c99:p320
Incoming
Rob Newman usually has one with him. al1:c01:p295
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b01:c99:p202
Rob pulled out his SPIN radio and called for assistance with the wriggling Wobblethorpe. b03:c08:p179
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b03:c99:p198
Rob pulled out his SPIN radio to call for air support. b05:c07:p185
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b05:c99:p236
Rob used his SPIN radio to call the police b06:c10:p253
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b06:c99:p280
Rob pulled out his SPIN radio and called the police. b07:c08:p186
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b07:c99:p258
Rob took out his SPIN radio and messaged the police. b08:c09:p228
Rob pulled out his SPIN radio and called the police. b09:c12:p261
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b09:c99:p297
Rob pulled out his SPIN Radio and called Law Enforcement. b10:c10:p268
Rob Newman usually has one with him. b10:c99:p320
Continuity findings
- SPIN Radio expansion: Neo-mogrifier / Neomogrifier variant
- SPIN Radio size: 'It folds' (singular) vs 'They fold' (plural) variant
- Rob calls police via SPIN Radio at end of mission recurring_element
- Rob Newman always carries a SPIN Radio with him recurring_element
- SPIN Radio: recurring gadget used by Rob Newman across multiple books recurring_element
- al1 Almanac entry on SPIN Radio overlaps story-book glossary entries almanac_overlap