British inventor of teen-repellent device wants laws regulating it
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‘Mosquito’ deserves a try

A recent letter writer was correct with his statement that the Mosquito ultrasonic teen repellent operates at 80 to 90 dB and emits a frequency of 18 kHz. This was an obvious miscommunication.I wish to add that it is understandable that when a new product is...

Latest bid to fight bad behaviour

UNRULY teenagers are making the lives of people in Berkeley a misery according to residents. Frustrated residents claim criminal damage, noise, speeding and underage drinking are all becoming a common scene late at night in Berkeley town centre. The public toilets on...

Back to school – with the phone call your teacher can’t hear

Students have always tried to best their teachers in the small-scale warfare that is school, and now they have biology and technology on their side – at least where mobile phones are concerned. The psycho ringtone has arrived in Austria. Ringtone marketers are...

One Device Tracks Gunshots; Another Stops Teens from Loitering

Richland County deputies have unveilved two new high-tech devices which they say should help to combat and reduce crime. One is called the ShotSpotter, the other is known as the Mosquito. The ShotSpotter uses specially designed acoustic sensors to ‘hear’ a...

Town turns to a teenage repellent

The mosquito device has been put up at the Willows Arts Centre in George Street A TEENAGE repellent which hurts young people’s ears so badly it forces them to flee for cover has been installed in Corby to put the bite on gangs. The mosquito device, which sends...

Nuisance teenagers will have to buzz off

A FUTURISTIC device which sends out an insufferably grating noise only audible to teenagers is coming to Reading. The cunning little gadget, called the Mosquito, is being installed in shops in Earley to drive away loitering adolescents. The equipment emits a noise at...

Mosquito alarm for community centre

A MOSQUITO alarm which deters teenagers by emitting a high-pitched noise is to be installed outside a Trowbridge community centre.The alarm is being brought in for a trial at the Longfield Community Centre because of increasing problems of youths damaging the building...

Why gangs of youths buzz off when they hear the hum of a Mosquito

For years the hooded youths of Britain have been free to roam the country’s shopping streets. In the evenings and at the weekends they have loitered outside the shops of their choice. But that is all beginning to change, and no thanks to ASBOs. Across the nation...

MosquitoTone is inaudible to most middle-agers

THE GIZMO: MosquitoTone ringtones.NOW HEAR THIS: Who knew a high-pitched, hard-to-hear tone dubbed the Mosquito could cause such buzz? In Britain, products emitting the ultrasonic Mosquito frequencies have been heralded as a godsend and decried as an infringement on...