Tag: MOSQUITO TONE

Community leaders in Christchurch, New Zealand hope that the songs of Barry Manilow will deter juvenile delinquents from congregating at the town's outdoor mall, according to an AP report at Yahoo! News. While recent auditory repulsion techniques have met disapproval from certain quarters, Christchurch's Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale hopes that piping Manilow tunes ...

You might have heard about the 'Mosquito,' a device that submits a high-pitched squeal only audible to people under 25, and you might have heard about some folks using it to deter teenage loitering. But have you heard it? Chances are, if you're in your late 20's or beyond, you never will hear it. Thanks to a tip from Neatorama, we can at least give you the opportunity. The devices saw a fair ...

For the love of all that's humane in this world, it's about time someone stepped up and put an end to this lunacy. Okay, so maybe that's overstating things a bit, but we're joyous nonetheless to hear that the Kent County Council in southeast England has "become one of the first in the UK to ban mosquito gadgets from its buildings." Here's a refresher: So-called mosquito tones are high-pitched ...