Buzz off!
Howard Stapleton should be given a short, sharp slap in the face with a wet kipper for ever creating the tortuous sound of the Mosquito.
Date: 12 February 2008
Source: Alan Collins
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Campaign Calls for Ban on Device Designed To Drive Kids Away From Stores
England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from stores and other areas.
Date: 28 April 2006
Source: The Ledger
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Supersonic youth
I'm lucky, and I know it, because Rot Towers is in a delightful rural location (as the estate agents have it); in a village, to you and me, and a nice one at that with a reasonable community spirit and no real problems.
Date: 12 February 2008
Source: Rot Watch
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Groups seek ban on anti-loiter noise maker
Human rights groups in England say a high-pitched noise generator used to shoo away young loiterers infringes on their rights.
Date:12 February 2008
Source: United Press International
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UK: pleased to not be a teen
I’m thankful that my teen years are way, way behind me. Otherwise, living in UK would be a real pain, literally.Howard Stapleton’s “Mosquito” emits an ultrasonic sound which can be heard by most kids and teenagers but the high-pitched whine is inaudible to the majority of adults over 30 due to the inevitable deterioration of hearing with age.
Date: 13 February 2008
Source: Identity and Privacy Blog
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Civil liberties campaigners get it wrong in defending the indefensible
The children’s commissioners for England and Scotland have joined civil liberties campaigners calling for a ban on the sale and use of a device that emits a high-pitched noise designed to disperse young people, reports The Independent.
Date:13 February 2008
Source: Spicy Cauldron
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Mosquito Ringtone
Teen Buzz which also known as mosquito ringtone is a popular ringtone that was hijacked from a technology that was originally used to repel loitering teenagers from shops in them United Kingdom. Inventor Howard Stapleton developed the “Mosquito device” for Compound Security Systems.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: digg
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VOTE and VIDEO: ‘Order the shrieking Mosquito to buzz off’
A YOUTH club boss has backed a call to ban a device to disperse young people by giving out a high-pitched sound.
Date: 13 February 2008
Source: This is Lancaster
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The Mosquito has its place despite the pain it causes
I’VE never been a fan of the Mosquito, the device that emits a ringing sound so high-pitched that it can only be heard by teenage ears.
Date: 19 February 2008
Source: icWales
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Delight as noise device drives the yobs away
Police chiefs sparked fury yesterday by refusing to back the Mosquito anti-yob device.
Date: 19 February 2008
Source: The Mirror
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Howard Stapleton and his Ig Nobel Prize
This photo shows Howard Stapleton, the 2006 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner, holding his Ig Nobel Prize. Stapleton was honored for inventing an electromechanical teenager repellant.
Date: 10 March 2007
Source: Improbable Research
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High Frequency Teenager Deterrent - Mosquito Device Used To Disperse Teen Groups
A controversial device that uses high frequency sound to disperse groups of teenagers has been installed in more than 3,500 locations across the UK.
Date: 10 March 2007
Source: Techopolis
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Mosquito bites
Casting my roving satirical eye over last week’s events, I’ve noticed that Liberty have called to ban the Mosquito device.
Date: 18 Feb 2008
Source: Max Dunbar
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Mosquito can be heard by babies
You quote Sgt Andy Cranidge, of Thames Valley Police, as saying that the noise from the Mosquito device cannot be heard by children and babies (Oxford Mail, February 13).
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Oxford Mail
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Teen rights and health at risk?
THE national Children's Commissioner is right in calling for the removal of the mosquito devices that are installed outside certain stores in the York area. (Angry blast for proposal to scrap mosquito device, The Press, February 13).
Date:13 Feb 2008
Source: This is York
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Can the 'mosquito' anti-teenager device tackle anti-social behaviour or is it a breach of human rights?
I don't know anything about breaching teenagers' human rights, but if these devices are put in places where teenagers have a legal right to go, they could justifiably consider THEM anti-social.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Scotland on Sunday
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High pitch a 'buzz off' message
A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
Date: 19 Feb 2008
Source: ABC news
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Kids' commissioner calls for ban on Mosquito, ultrasonic anti-teen device
The creators of a pioneering device that uses high-frequency sound to stop teenagers congregating outside shops, schools and railway stations reacted angrily today to news that the government-appointed Children's Commissioner wants to see it banned.
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Source: Natural Childhood
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Stores use sonice devices to chase kids
England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Mainstream Universe
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Suffer Little Children
Now this is an invention that is not before its time - a machine, called the Mosquito, that keeps young people, including babies, away. By an astonishing coincidence, I was wondering just the other day if such a machine were possible: an invisible friend must have read my mind.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Fumier Resartus
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Anti-Teen Device: The Mosquito!
The mosquito is a sonic deterrent device that sends out high pitched, irritating noise that could cause discomfort to young ears - people below 25 yrs old.
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Source: Flix it!
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Campaign to ban dispersal device
The Children's Commissioner for England Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green has joined civil liberties campaigners in a call for a ban on a device which disperses young people by emitting a high-pitched sound.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: MSN
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CAMPAIGN TO BAN DISPERSAL DEVICE
The Children's Commissioner for England Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green has joined civil liberties campaigners in a call for a ban on a device which disperses young people by emitting a high-pitched sound.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Daily Star
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Mosquito means we've lost the plot
If there is one advantage of being in my forties it is that there will not be a buzzing in my ears at the bus stop tonight.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: The Social Work Blog
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HSE: No long-term health risk from 'mosquito' devices
Mosquito devices used to put teenagers off antisocial behaviour in public spaces do not pose a long-term threat to good health, it has been confirmed.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Politics.co.uk
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Calls to ban hoodie-busting sonic weapon
Campaigners are calling for hoodie-busting sonic weapon the Mosquito to be banned, claiming it targets innocent young 'uns and is an "infringement of their human rights", the Telegraph reports.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: The Register
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Mosquito device
Some genius has turned the mosquito sound into a ringtone that teachers can't hear in class!
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Centre Right
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Swatting the mosquito
The latest fuss in the British media is over calls to ban the Mosquito, an “ultrasonic youth deterrent” that emits a disturbing sound at frequencies too high to be heard by the over-25’s. The aim of the product, developed in Wales and marketed to shop-keepers, is to deter gangs of youths from gathering and causing a nuisance to other shoppers.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Connexions
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British campaigners call for ban on ‘mosquito’ devices used to drive children away
British campaigners call for ban on ‘mosquito’ devices used to drive children away
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: OC World
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Mosquito
Mosquitos, no not the winged variety but a gadget which has been installed, (4,000) outside shops due to anti-social behaviour is apparently regarded now as a more serious nuisance to children. Al Aynsley Green the Children’s Commissioner has joined forces with Liberty to outlaw the use of mosquito alarms as the buzzing noise it emits can hurt the ears of anyone under 20.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Zebra Mbizi
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'Anti-teen' alarms hit Australia
A controversial device that emits an irritating high-pitched noise to disperse loitering youths has launched in Australia.The gadget, named the Mosquito, emits a shrill high frequency ring that targets the sensitive hearing of teenagers.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Silo Breaker
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Children's chief calls for ban on Mosquito
SCOTLAND'S Children's Commissioner today backed a campaign to ban a device which deters young people by emitting a high-pitched sound.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Scotsman
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Professor attacks Mosquito device
A device used to curb antisocial behaviour in trouble hot spots in Abingdon and Didcot has come under fire.
Date: 13 February 2008
Source: Oxford Mail
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'Mosquito device' defended
THE USE of ear-splitting "anti-teen" alarms has been defended by a council following attacks by civil liberties campaigners.
Date: 13 February 2008
Source: Manchester Evening News
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No ban on Mosquito devices, Government says
There are no plans to ban “Mosquito” sonic devices used to disperse gangs of teenagers, the Government has said. In a statement issued after the calls for a ban, it stated: "Mosquito alarms are not banned and the Government has no plans to do so.
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Source: Talking Retail
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Mosquito device divides opinion
A high-pitched device that is generally only heard by people under the age of 25 and used to disperse groups of youths is causing controversy. Amid calls in England and Scotland for a ban on the Mosquito device, a shopkeeper and a teenager give their points of view.
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Source: BBC News
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Mosquito seller: Device use justified
Shopkeepers suffering from antisocial behaviour are justified in using ultrasound-emitting devices, their seller has said. Simon Morris from Compound Security Systems told BBC1's Lunchtime News that today's attack on the 3,500 'mosquitoes' in use across the UK by human rights campaigners is unjustified.
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Source: Politics.co.uk
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The English Mosquito
There is a relatively new device called “The Mosquito” which is being used in England to control where young people typically gather. The device works by emitting high-frequency sounds that only young people (typically younger than 20 years of age) have the ability to hear. Because it’s fairly annoying, it causes young people to eventually leave a particular area.
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Source: MG
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'Anti-teen' alarms hit Australia
A controversial device that emits an irritating high-pitched noise to disperse loitering youths has launched in Australia.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Nine MSN
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Why the using the mosquito device is wrong
I am totally against the Mosquito, but not because it infringes hoodies' human rights.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: The Mirror
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Lanyon Place is unsafe at night
It was with great sadness, though not complete surprise, that I read of the events involving a young man being critically injured in Belfast's Lanyon Place on Saturday, February 9. My thoughts are sincerely with his family.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Belfast Telegraph
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Association of Convenience Stores defends mosquito devices
The device used by some retailers to disperse gangs of youths emits an unpleasant noise that only people under the age of 25 can hear.
Date: 13 Feb 2008
Source: Retail Bulletin
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Bid to ban anti-yob device
CHILDREN’S rights campaigners are to launch a high-profile campaign to ban a controversial “anti-yob” device created developed by a Merthyr Tydfil man.
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Al Aynsley-Green, will call for the withdrawal of the Mosquito – a £495 device that emits a high-pitched whine only under-25s can hear in a bid to stop congregating youths – developed by Merthyr-based Howard Stapleton.
Date: 14 Feb 2008
Source: icWales
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UK Commissioner Seeks To Ban Ultrasonic Anti-Teen Device
a Times Online article that discusses the legality of the Mosquito sound device, which is used to annoy and drive off younger people with sounds that are too high-pitched for most adults to hear. We discussed how annoying this device can be a couple years ago.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Slashdot
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Mosquito ban would be 'backward'
A Hounslow police inspector said it would be a "backward step" to ban a controversial device used to stop teens causing trouble on the streets. This week the children's commissioner for England Sir Al Aynsley-Green called for police and councils to stop using the Mosquito.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Wimbledon Guardian
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Buzz word in keeping teen vandals at bay
BRIGHTON babes and teens, beware. A jewellery store on Church Street has become the first Victorian company to install a high-pitched Mosquito device to drive young people away.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: theage.co.uk
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Anti-yob 'mosquito' device backed by British Retail Consortium
Retailers have defended the 'mosquito device' used to put off gangs of teenagers from congregating in their premises.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Personnel Today
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Anti-Yob Mosquito device makes mosquitos Gay
Insect rights groups were furious at the use of so-called mosquito anti-yob devices. British shopkeepers have installed these devices outside their premises because the high-pitch sound they emit can only be detected by young yobs. Thus it deters them from hanging about, causing trouble.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: The Spoof
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UK Activists Call for Ban on ‘Mosquito'
LONDON (AP) - England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group have joined in a campaign to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas. The so-called "mosquito" device emits high-frequency noise which is audible - and annoying - to young ears, but generally not heard by people over 20.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Moscow News
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Children's rights? What about the rights of those who live in fear of young thugs?
Where does Whitehall get them from? Is there perhaps an agency which specialises in picking, as candidates for public service, Sixties throwbacks who are guaranteed to set the public's teeth on edge?
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Daily Mail
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Anti-yob 'mosquito' device backed by British Retail Consortium
Retailers have defended the 'mosquito device' used to put off gangs of teenagers from congregating in their premises.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Personnel Today
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Battle In Britain Over Sonar-Blast Device That Chases Away Children
LONDON (AP) - England’s commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Pat Dollard
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Kids' commissioner calls for ban on Mosquito, ultrasonic anti-teen device
The creators of a pioneering device that uses high-frequency sound to stop teenagers congregating outside shops, schools and railway stations reacted angrily today to news that the government-appointed Children's Commissioner wants to see it banned.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Times Online
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Stores Use Sonic Devices to Chase Kids
LONDON - England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas. The so-called "Mosquito" device emits high-frequency noise which is audible -- and annoying -- to young ears, but generally not heard by people over 20.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Kids' commissioner calls for ban on Mosquito, ultrasonic anti-teen device
The creators of a pioneering device that uses high-frequency sound to stop teenagers congregating outside shops, schools and railway stations reacted angrily today to news that the government-appointed Children's Commissioner wants to see it banned.The £500 Mosquito device has been installed at some 3,500 locations across the country since it first went on sale in January 2006. It emits an irritating, high-pitched sound that can only be heard by children and young people up into their early twenties, forcing them to move on.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS
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“The Mosquito” Infringes On The Rights Of The Young
A high pitched machine called “The Mosquito” is being used in England to combat anti-social behaviours of the nation’s youth. There is a problem though, the device that uses ultra sonic tones hurts all under the age of 20.
Date: 15 Feb 2008
Source: Moments in Time
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Delight as noise device drives the yobs away
SHOP workers in Chester are celebrating the success of a device which is helping to cut youth crime.
Date: 28 April 2006
Source: Chester Evening Leader
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Teen trouble beaten by 'mosquito'
A high-pitched buzzing system has been used to help reduce trouble from teens in Leicester.
Date: 28 April 2006
Source: -
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How police plan to drive away drunken youths
Before I became a Grumpy Old Man I was a Grumpy Middle-Aged Man and lived in New York.
Date: 23 April 2006
Source: Sunday Nation, Kenya
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Blast of sound to move on young gangs
Blasts of high-pitched sound only audible to young people are to be used against yobs.
Date: 21 April 2006
Source: Liverpool Daily Post
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Teen gangs to be blasted with siren
GANGS of youths will be hounded out of trouble-spots with blasts of high-pitched sound only young people can hear.
Date: 20 April 2006
Source: Liverpool Echo
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Yobs buzz off
YOBS in Chorley have met their match - in the form of a high-tech mosquito.
Date: 20 April 2006
Source: Chorley Today
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Anti-yob buzzer switched back on
AN ANTI-YOB device switched off due to fears it breached the human rights of young people is back in action.
Date: 16 April 2006
Source: thisisgwent.co.uk
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Banned for wearing a hoodie
IF MARK WAINFUR pulls up the hood on his sweat top he will be breaking the law. This extraordinary fact emerged yesterday when magistrates finally got tough on hoodies.
Date: 12 April 2006
Source: The Western Mail
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Teens made to buzz off
A HIGH-pitched screeching device nicknamed 'The Mosquito' may soon be installed to deter yobs hanging around a housing estate.
Date: 12 April 2006
Source: Macclesfield Express
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Mosquito is used to drive away teen yobs
THEATRE bosses have used a hi-tech whistle to drive away teenage yobs.
Date: 06 April 2006
Source: Western Daily Press
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Mosquito keeps town's ASBO youbs on the move
A Controversial device that scares off teenage yobs with a high-pitched squeal only they can hear has been hailed a phenomenal success by West police.
Date: 03 April 2006
Source: Western Daily Press
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Teenager repellent alarm to be installed
TEENAGERS who loiter outside shops are being scared out of earshot by a new yob deterrent device tested at a shopping precinct in Northampton.
Date: 22 March 2006
Source: Northampton Today
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Mosquito set to sting the yobs
A HIGH-pitched screeching device nicknamed 'The Mosquito' may soon be installed to deter yobs hanging around a housing estate.
Date: 22 March 2006
Source: East London Advertiser
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Screech of the peace is new weapon against yobs
A NEW security system - hailed as the solution to anti-social gangs - is being tried out in Ascot. The Mosquito system sets off a high frequency sound at 85 decibels - but you'll only hear its piercing noise if you are under 25 years old.
Date: 16 March 2006
Source: icBerkshire
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High-pitched sendoffs. But then again...
Yet another sign that I am making the passage to curmudgeonhood... Kids in packs annoy and, even sometimes I will admit, frighten me a little. You know what I am talking about. My parents would have called them hoodlums.
Date: 15 March 2006
Source: Times Leader
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‘We are not pigeons’
A gadget which emits a high frequency noise audible only to young people could be the latest weapon in the fight against anti-social behaviour in Hertsmere.
Date: 09 March 2006
Source: Borehamwood & Elstree Times
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The Mosquito
Launched on the commercial market a few weeks ago, the Mosquito is a small black box that emits an electronic noise so annoying to the ears of juveniles and young adults.
Date: 22 Feb 2006
Source: ITV's This Morning
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Sounding out: mosquito repels youngsters hanging around
Its screech is so repellent to surly teenage gangs it makes them flee in horror. But forget ASBOs, the latest invention designed to reign in the youth is the Sonic Teenager Deterrent.
Date: 17 Feb 2006
Source: The Herald
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Inventor finds sound way to noise up rowdy teenagers
FORGET your ASBOs and dispersal orders - cunning technology may be the way to end the scourge of anti-social youths and rowdy teenagers.
Date: 16 Feb 2006
Source: The Scotsman
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Can a shriek-in-a-box see off troubling teenagers?
FOR teenagers, it is a sound as irritating as their mother’s nagging: a high-pitched shriek that refuses to go away. For adults, the sound is... silence.
Date: 12 Nov 2005
Source: The Times
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Delight as noise device drives the yobs away
SHOP workers in Chester are celebrating the success of a device which is helping to cut youth crime.
Date: 28 April 2006
Source: Chester Evening Leader
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