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Driving Away Teens With High Frequency Noise

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the get-off-my-lawn dept.

ars writes "The New York Times is reporting on a device called the Mosquito invented by Howard Stapleton designed to drive teens away by emitting a high frequency noise at 75db. Apparently most older people can not hear the sounds, but teens can not stand it. Reports are that it works quite well, but some older people can hear it too. He found the prefect irritating sound by experimenting on his children."

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  1. Re:Wonderful by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Glad to see you've gotten over that arrogance problem... ;)

    LOL. Ha, you should've seen me as a teenager. I've mellowed a lot over the years. :D

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    Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
  2. Re:Wonderful by gobbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The older I grow
    The more I recall
    How little I knew
    When I knew it all

    Seen on a tacky plaque in Uncle Zip's hallway, out in the country.

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    Damn those pesky terrorists