Blast From The Past – A Defining Moment!

I wonder how many of us can recall one or more ‘defining moments’ during our lifetime which truly changed some aspect of our lives. Well I can recall one such event that started me off on my fascinating career in Audiosonic Acoustic Cleaning Technologies. In simple terms acoustic cleaners are sound waves at a particular frequency which cause dry material to debond either from other materials or the surface to which they were bound to. So what was the key factor which encouraged me to form Primasonics®, develop this particular innovative and effective technology and sell it to a worldwide clientele?

James Bond is the answer; to be more precise the idea came to me when I was watching a video of ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ staring George Lazenby as Bond, Diana Rigg as Tracy and Terry Savalas as the evil Blofeld. In one scene, Blofeld wanted to kill or capture Bond and his chance came when he saw Bond and Tracy skiing down the slopes. He fired a signal rocket and the resulting ‘bang’ dislodged the ice and snow, causing an avalanche which buried both Bond and Tracy. So I began to wonder why a sound wave had such a dramatic debonding effect and the rest, as they say, is history!

So thank you Blofeld for showing me the way – it certainly has been an exciting journey ever since.