Billed as an "ultrasonic teenage deterrent," the Mosquito is claimed by manufacturers Compound Security to be "the most effective tool in our fight against antisocial behaviour."
Inventor Howard Stapleton said this would be the first time the Mosquito had been used in Sussex.
With an effective range of between 15 and 20 metres it relies on the medical phenomenon known as presbycusis or age-related hearing loss which begins at the age of 20 but is usually only thought to be significant to the elderly.
It makes it possible to generate a high frequency sound of 18 to 20 Hz that is audible only to teenagers.
The system, thought to be harmless even with long term use, was first used at a Spar shop in Barry, South Wales, where owner Robert Gough said: "Either someone has come along and wiped the troublemakers off the face of the earth or it's working."
Inventor Howard Stapleton said this would be the first time the Mosquito had been used in Sussex.
With an effective range of between 15 and 20 metres it relies on the medical phenomenon known as presbycusis or age-related hearing loss which begins at the age of 20 but is usually only thought to be significant to the elderly.
It makes it possible to generate a high frequency sound of 18 to 20 Hz that is audible only to teenagers.
The system, thought to be harmless even with long term use, was first used at a Spar shop in Barry, South Wales, where owner Robert Gough said: "Either someone has come along and wiped the troublemakers off the face of the earth or it's working."
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30.05.2006 12:43
I much prefered the use of classical music played from stereos at the front of shops. Apparently its just as effective.
nice
The Mosquito really hurts
30.05.2006 20:21
But I have tinnitus. And the Mosquito sets it off (I know I tried it).
So any shop using it can be assured of losing a customer.
Well teenagers have less disposable income and that's the only reason to chase them away.
Angry of Tunbridge Wells
Why oh why...
30.05.2006 21:35
Next time......
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police use
31.05.2006 02:14
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url
31.05.2006 17:46
Kevin Moore
Web address of the manufacturers
04.06.2006 12:04
Techno geek scum making products to control young people should be hospitalised.
No social control - ASBO kids come with knives for the old
send them tons of spam