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LISTEN UP AMERICA: KFC IS BUZZING NATIONWIDE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- For moms who want to get in on the buzz, it might be time to gather the kids around the dining room table and TV. Kentucky Fried Chicken has created a new, tasty way to satisfy family appetites...

Date 12 April 2007
Source Cattle Network
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KFC GENERATES BUZZZ : KFC's new TV spot is generating buzz - literally.
The latest ad for the fried-chicken chain is imbedded with a special, high-frequency sound that not everyone can hear.
Date 12 April 2007
Source www.nypost.com
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World's First Musical Mosquito Ringtone Announced: A mosquito ringtone is
generally audible to teens only and most adults can't hear it.
Aubraux has introduced world's first musical mosquito ringtone on their website.
Date 12 April 2007
Source PRlog
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LISTEN UP AMERICA: KFC IS BUZZING NATIONWIDE: KFC Makes Noise with New Interactive TV Advertising
For moms who want to get in on the buzz, it might be time to gather the kids around the dining room table and TV.
Date 12 April 2007
Source www.sys-con.com
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KFC ad attracts young with high-pitched ton
It's a 30-second TV spot with a busy mom and a babysitter. They're hocking a bucket of boneless fried chicken.
Date 12 April 2007
Source WFAA
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The Rise of the Ringtone Pitch
Interesting to see how the mosquito — emitting a tone only younger people can hear — has taken off into new areas.
Date 12 April 2007
Sourcewww.loosewireblog.com
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KFC & The Mosquito
So now that I’m close friends with the Colonel, he’s looped me in to all their advertising techniques. Today, KFC launches a television commercial utilizing the “mosquito tone” that only those young whipper snappers can hear.
Date 12 April 2007
Source www.zatznotfunny.com
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KFC ad agency strikes again with "Mosquito tone" commercial
Even though its food tastes like crap, you have to give poultry kingpin KFC credit for thinking outside the, um, bucket when it comes to TV spots, using innovative commercials to lure unsuspecting folks into purchasing its slop.
Date 12 April 2007
Source Engadget
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Mosquitos could be used in cemetery
Community leaders and police have declared they would consider unleashing a yob-busting sonic weapon on the city's young in a bid to rid Preston cemetery of its no-go reputation.
Date
21 March 2007
Source
Lancashire Evening Post
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Sonic threat to gangs
COMMUNITY leaders have condemned proposals to use noise warfare to disperse Bishop's Stortford teenagers congregating outside a centre.

Publication
Date 01 March 2007
Source: Herts and Essex News
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Mosquito alarms to disperse town troublemakers
MOSQUITO alarms are due to be put up in Weston's trouble spots to deter youngsters from congregating outside shops and homes.

Date 22 February 2007
Source: Western Somerset Mercury
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Shopkeeper warns kids – buzz off!
BESIEGED by young yobs, a Park North shopkeeper has installed a high-pitched alarm to drive off louts.

Date 20 December 2006
Source: Swindon Advertiser
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Mosquito Units Force Teens To Buzz Off
It seems as if businesses have tried everything to rid themselves of pesky teenage loiterers--the ones who use foul language, constantly bum cigarettes, shoplift, and make older customers feel uncomfortable.
Date: 24 November 2006
Source: National Crime Prevention Council
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Mosquito alarm keeps youths out of trouble

A BEEPING device is deterring youths from causing a nuisance at Dalton Leisure Centre.
Date: 07 November 2007
Source: Ealing Times

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Noisy youths will buzz off
EALING Council are using "mosquitos" to stop anti-social behaviour in the borough.
Date: 25 October2006
Source: Ealing Times

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'Mosquito' driving away youth gangs

SHOPKEEPERS in Leyland have hailed the success of a high-tech 'Mosquito' in tackling gangs of youths that hang around.
Date: 25 October2006
Source: Leyland Today

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Teenage Deterrent Wins Prize
It’s not the accolade scientists will most likely put down on their CV. But Thursday evening 1,200 people filled Harvard University’s historic Sanders Theater, some to throw paper airplanes, but all to hear who won a spoof prize based on the Nobel Prize.
Date: 07 October2006
Source: Red Herring

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Mosquito Wins Ig Nobel Prize
This was a great week in Nobel Prize world for the U.S., but in the Ig Nobel Prize world, one which lampoons the Nobel Prizes, one of the winners was something we had covered earlier at RTN, the Mosquito.
Date: 07 October2006
Source: RealTechNews

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And the winners are...
We warned you last week that the annual Ig Nobel Prizes were about to be awarded in Cambridge, Mass., honoring -- or dishonoring -- some of the most undistinguished and farfetched work in science and other research-oriented fields. As a public service, we now bring you the award-winners
Date: 07 October 2006
Source: Post Gazette

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Nobel prize winners celebrate the science of silliness
IT IS a device with a variety of practical applications: an ingenious gadget that disperses gangs of loitering teenagers by emitting a piercing shriek only they can hear.
Date: 07 October 2006
Source: The Age

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Alternative Nobels honour excellence in quirky science
Why do woodpeckers not get headaches? What is it about the sound of fingernails drawn across a blackboard that makes us wince?
Date: 07 October 2006
Source: The Irish Times

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Ig Nobel laureates recognized for dubious research
The Ig Nobel Prize — not to be confused with its more serious counterpart, the Nobel Prize, awarded in Sweden each year — acknowledges unusual, dubious and sometimes just plain weird achievements in 10 areas of human knowledge and culture.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: CBC News

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Parents see yob kids on CCTV
SHOCKED parents are being shown CCTV footage of their children misbehaving as part of a police operation to clean up Maryport’s town centre.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: Times & Star

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Ig Nobel prizes reward research on stinky feet, teenagers, hiccups
The list of the 2006 Ig Nobel winners, awarded Thursday at Harvard University by Annals of Improbable Research magazine Harvard University
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: Fox News

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Ig Nobel prizes reward research on stinky feet, teenagers, hiccups
WASHINGTON — Research into stinky feet, a study on the sound of fingernails on a blackboard and a device that repels teenagers with an annoying high-pitched hum have won Ig Nobel prizes, the humorous counterpart to this week's Nobel prizes.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: Seattle Times
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2006 The IgNobel prize winners
Awarded on Thursday night at Harvard's Sanders theater, this year's Ig Nobels feature an unhealthy crop of life sciences winners. From the official announcement of the 16th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: MedGadget
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The insider's guide: The IgNobel prize
WASHINGTON -- Research into smelly feet, a study on the sound of fingernails on a blackboard and a device that repels teenagers with an annoying high-pitched hum. It must be the IgNobel Prize.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: CNN

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Electronic teenager repellant and scraping fingernails, the sounds of Ig Nobel success

It's a device with a variety of practical applications; an ingenious gadget that disperses gangs of loitering teenagers by emitting a piercing shriek only they can hear.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: The Guardian

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Blink free photos win IgNobel

Research that calculates the number of photos you need to take to make sure no one in the group has their eyes closed has won two Australians an Ig Nobel award.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: ABC Science Online

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IgNobel prizes celebrate the unusual
Scientists who pioneer research into why woodpeckers do not get headaches and whether dung beetles like their diet have at last been recognised for their work.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: Aljazeera

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Ig Nobels honors odd scientific research
BOSTON -- The sound sets teeth on edge, makes skin crawl and sends a shiver down the spine. Just thinking about it gives some people the heebie-jeebies.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: SeattlePi

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Boffins cure blinking photos
AN Australian team has won an IgNobel award, the science fraternity's alternative counterpart to the far more serious Nobel prizes, which were also held this week.
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: news.com.au

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So it is true... a shock really will stop the hiccups
Our correspondent reports on the prizes most scientists do their best to avoid
Date: 06 October 2006
Source: lep.co.uk

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Government gives cash pledge to beat yobs

Policing Minister Tony McNulty has pledged to look at increasing Government funding for crime-busting community schemes after he visited Preston.
Date: 28 September 2006
Source: lep.co.uk
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Mosquito to swat youth nuisance
RESIDENTS sick of youth nuisance will receive a massive boost as Middleton’s first ‘Mosquito’ device is trialled in Rhodes this week.
Date: 28 September 2006
Source: middletonguardian.co.uk
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Secret alarm becomes dance track
A high-pitched alarm designed to repel youngsters from shops is being used for the melody of a dance track after the success of a mobile phone ringtone.
Date: 26 September 2006
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Kid-only tone firm bids for the charts
What to do when you’ve discovered you own a sound that only children can hear?
Date: 26 September 2006
Source: yahoo.co.uk
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Top App Award 2006
Why it's a top app: A mobile phone craze that started in the U.K. and quickly spread to the U.S. A ringtone that became ubiquitous almost overnight.
Date: 26 September 2006
Source: Top App Awards 2006
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Buzz off!
A new weapon against young troublemakers may be introduced after a successful trial has reduced vandalism in a Southend park.
Date: 06 September 2006
Source: thisisessex.co.uk
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Adults Can't Hear New Ring Tone - 'Mosquito' Originally Marketed To Stores
WASHINGTON -- There's a new cell phone ring tone that's hot with kids. If you're an adult, you probably haven't heard it.
Date:14 June 2006
Source: NBC
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A high tech way to outwit Mom and Dad
Whippersnappers 1, baby boomers 0.
That's the score in a generational match of wits that has left adults technologically outsmarted by an invention created to ward off obnoxious teenagers.

Date: 14 June 2006
Source: National Enquirer
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Did you hear something?
It sounds like science fiction, but apparently it's the latest buzz among teens -- literally.  A cell-phone ring that adults can't hear.
Date: 14 June 2006
Source: Orland Sentinel
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This is one ringtone you've gotta hear
Enterprising teenagers have hijacked a high-pitched electronic blip which adults cannot hear and turned it into a stealth ringtone.
Date: 13 June 2006
Source: Sunday Morning Herald (Australia)
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Yob repellent firm enters ringtone market
A tiny Welsh company whose high-pitched alarm for repelling yobs spawned a mobile ringtone teachers couldn't hear is set to hit the big time by selling an official version of the sneaky sound across the world.
Date: 12 June 2006
Source: icWales
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Firm's ringtone 'next Crazy Frog'
A small Valleys firm hopes its high-pitched alarm originally meant to repel youngsters from shops could become the latest teen ringtone craze.
Date:14 June 2006
Source: BBC
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Mosquito ringtone
If you're tired of hearing your kids' cell phone ringing all the time, relax, there's a new ring tone kids can hear. And adults can't.
Date: 14 June 2006
Source: Local News Comes First
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Adults can't hear new ringtone
Students have figured out a new way to hear phone calls and instant messaging alerts during class. Oddly enough, teachers don't hear the special ringtones, because they are too high in pitch.
Date: 13 June 2006
Source: geek.com
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The mobile ringtone only kids can hear
A SMALL Welsh company is set to hit the big time by selling a mobile phone ringtone with such a high pitch adults cannot hear it.
Date: 13 June 2006
Source: Manchester Evening News
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‘Mosquito’ Ring Tone can't be Heard by Adults
High schoolers have figured out how to receive text message alerts on their cell phones without the teacher being the wiser. A new ring tone is too high-pitched for adults to hear it.
Date: 13 June 2006
Source: Short News
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A New Ring Tone Teachers Can't Hear
Ring tones can tell a lot about someone. What 17-year-old Tyler Garner’s says about him, you can’t hear.
Date: 13 June 2006
Source: CBS
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FYI: New ringtone was originally teen deterrent
Q: Can somebody explain to me how they developed a cell phone ringtone that only teenagers — but not adults — can hear?
Date: 13 June 2006
Source: Lyfkin Daily News
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Ring tones for teenagers' ears only
NEW YORK: A ringtone which prying elders can't hear - if you think it is just a teen fantasy, step aside. Cellphones, which youngsters can hear but most adults can't, are now in vogue in American schools.
Date: 12 June 2006
Source: Times of India
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A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
The cellphone ring tone Miss Musorofiti heard was the offshoot of an invention called the Mosquito, developed last year by a Welsh security company to annoy teens!
Date: 12 June 2006
Source: New York Times
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Electronic mosquito: miracle teen repellent
Howard Stapleton is, like, my hero. Who is Howard Stapleton, you ask? Why, he is the brains behind this little gizmo called the Mosquito, a small, black box that, like, emits an annoying, teeth-clenching sound that, like, only teenagers can hear.
Date: 12 June 2006
Source: Vancouver Sun
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Cliff vs the Asbo kids
The Asbo may be today's weapon of choice against teenage yobs and hooligans. But now a more terrifying deterrent is to be deployed in the battle against anti-social behaviour: the music of Cliff Richard and the Carpenters.
Date: 12 June 2006
Source: The Independent
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Ring tone an edge for teens
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cell phone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.
Date: 12 June 2006
Source: Desert News
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Chavbuster plan to move louts on
Horndean Parish Council is thinking about bringing in a high-pitched device to help disperse gangs of youngsters hanging around the streets.
Date: 07 June 2006
Source: Waterlooville & East Hants News
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If you can't hear this, you're too old (like me)
Compound Security Systems, I salute you. First you create an electronic version of OFF! that lets businesses repel teens. Then you find a way to sell it to the teens themselves. Genius. Pure genius.
Date: 27 May 2006
Source: toddcop.com
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Teens Turn 'Repeller' into Adult-Proof Ringtone
The war between teens and authority figures has a new -- or old -- front: ears.
Date: 26 May 2006
Source: NPR
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Sandwell)
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PUPILS HIJACK 'TEEN BUZZ'
A Hi-tech alarm which uses "ultra high sound" to drive teenage yobs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Western Daily Press (Bristol)
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Sound of Silence - Strange but True
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Daily Echo (Bournemouth)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Cannock)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (City Final - Wolverhampton)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Dudley)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Kidderminster)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Lichfield & Burntwood)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Stafford)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Walsall)
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Alarm is used for ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Express & Star (Storbridge)
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MOSQUITOS ARE NOT THE ANSWER
Whilst life might be nicer if teenagers weren't troublesome and shopping precincts were a yob-free zone, let's face it, that's not reality. And we're really not convinced that the much-vaunted Mosquito is the answer to the older generation's teeno-phobia.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Glocestershire Echo
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WANT TO GET RID OF YOBS? STING THEM!
Police are urging parish councillors to buy the latest crime-fighting equipment to drive yobs away. Charlton Kings residents were told that they should get a Mosquito to force anti-social behaviour from Church Piece.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Glocestershire Echo
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Inaudible ringtones
An alarm from British firm Compound Security using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: The Journal (First/South)
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Inaudible ringtones
An alarm from British firm Compound Security using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: The Journal (North/Northumberland)
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Teenagers hijack ’silent’ alarm formobiles
High-pitched noise lets teens monitor calls in class.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: computing.co.uk
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Pupils use ringtone teachers can't hear
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Daily Post (Wales)
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Teens hijack sound of silence to foil teachers
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Ipswich Evening Star
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Teen tone alarm
An alarm which uses ultra-high sound to drive away teenage thugs has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones which teachers can't hear.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Manchester Evening News
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Pupils turn 'teen alarm' on teachers
A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Metro Midlands
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Pupils turn 'teen alarm' on teachers
A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Metro North East
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Pupils turn 'teen alarm' on teachers
A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Metro North West
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PUPILS HIJACK 'TEEN BUZZ'
A Hi-tech alarm which uses "ultra high sound" to drive teenage yobs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones. Techno-savvy pupils are using mobile phones in class by creating ringtones adults cannot hear.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Western Daily Press
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Cunning pupils turn yob alarm into silent ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged today.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: Daily Mail
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Yob busting alarm hijacked
British firm Compound Security has been praised by the police for its Mosquito device which was developed to stop teenage gangs hanging around outside shops.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: 24dash.com
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Mosquito warning
Carlisle: Anti-crime "mosquito" machines which emit high-pitched sounds to move on nuisance teenagers are being deployed across Cumbria.
Date: 24 May 2006
Source: North West Enquirer
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Teens share ringtone grown-ups can't hear
Teen Buzz is a ringtone that takes advantage of a high-frequency sound that grown-ups can't hear. If adults can't hear your phone ring, text-messaging becomes possible anywhere, anytime.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: projo.com
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Teenagers hijack 'silent' alarm for mobiles
An alarm designed to clear teenaged gangs out of shopping centres has been sampled by teenagers so they can hear their phone ringing in class.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: vnunet.com
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Pupils turn teen alarm on teachers
A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: Metro London
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New Ring Teens
An ultra high pitch sounder to deter gangs of neds has been hijacked by schoolkids
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: Daily Record
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Pupils perform 'alarming' feat
A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: Metro London
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Pupils create ’silent’ ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: South Manchester Reporter
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Pupils adapt mosquito alarm into ringtone unaudible for over twenties
The mosquito alarm is usually effective in driving away youths from shops by emitting a high pitch sound that is mostly audible to those under 20. The obvious benefit with most teachers being over this age is that Tech-savvy teenagers can get away with leaving their phones on in class.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: GadgetSpy
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AN ULTRA HIGH SOUND DEVICE IS BEING ABUSED BY CHILDREN
The sound can only be heard by younger people.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: BBC Radio Kent
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Sound of Silence
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: PA News Wire
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Pupils create ’silent’ ringtone
A yob-busting alarm using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: Derby Evening Telegraph
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Ear-splitting noise to drive teen yobs mad
MACHINES which emit ear-splitting sounds that can only be heard by under-25s could be fitted at Seaton and Moorclose shops to chase away teen gangs.
Date: 19 May 2006
Source: Workington Times and Star
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Inaudible ringtones
An alarm from British firm Compund Security Systems using ultra high sound to drive teenage thugs from shopping centres has been hijacked to create inaudible classroom ringtones, it emerged.
Date: 19 May 2006
Source: The Journal (Newcastle)
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'Teen buzz' is the new classroom weapon
TECHNOLOGY designed to deter unruly teenagers has been hijacked and is now being used by them to their benefit in the classroom.
Date: 23 May 2006
Source: The Western Mail
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Mosquitos put bite on yobs
TROUBLESPOTS in Tandridge will soon be buzzing with the unbearable sound of mosquitos in a bid to deter young tearaways.
Date: 19 May 2006
Source: icCrawley.co.uk
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Buzz off troublemakers, the mosquito’s on its way
MOSQUITOS are to be sent into Tandridge to put an end to antisocial behaviour in the district.
Date: 19 May 2006
Source: Crawley News
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DEVICE PASSES THE 'MOVE AWAY' ACID TEST BY TEENAGER SHANE
POST reporter Paul Adcock, 25, took Top Valley teenager Shane Mellors along to see if either of them were affected by the device.
Date: 17 May 2006
Source: Nottingham Evening Post
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DEVICE GETS YOBS TO BUZZ OFF
'Mosquito' noise repels teens at pizza parlour - Forget asbos, the latest weapon against antisocial youths is the Mosquito.
Date: 17 May 2006
Source: Nottingham Evening Post
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MOSQUITO DEVICE IS NEEDED
Madam - It is necessary to respond to the letters regarding the Mosquito device to be used in Tewkesbury.
Date: 17 May 2006
Source: Gloucestershire Echo
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Rowdies forced to buzz off
Rowdy teeenagers in Nottingham are being told to buzz off - thanks to a new device aimed at curbing anti-social behaviour.
Date: 17 May 2006
Source: Nottingham Evening Post
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Buzz off troublemakers, the mosquito's on its way
MOSQUITOS are to be sent into Tandridge to put an end to antisocial behaviour in the district.
Date: 18 May 2006
Source: iCSurrey
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McDonald's in new bid to bar unruly youths
An East Grinstead fast-food restaurant has taken drastic action to rid the premises of antisocial behaviour.
Date: 11 May
Source: East Grinstead Courier
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Mosquito noise weapon to combat anti social behavior
Graham Satchell reported. What do you do about gangs hanging around causing trouble?
Date: 16 May 2006
Source: BBC 1 Breakfast
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Mosquito Signing
Security systems manufacturer Cooper-Meniver has signed a global deal to manufacture and distribute the Mosquito security sytem, a gadget that gives youths hanging outside shops and earful of ultrasonic soundwaves.
Date: 14 May 2006
Source: The Grocer
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Youths targeted by ’Mosquito’ box
An electronic device known as the Mosquito is being used by police to help disperse groups of anti-social youths in the Tandridge area of Surrey.
Date: 14 May 2006
Source: BBC
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Deal for anti-gang sonic device
A Welsh business which developed an ultrasonic device to deter nuisance gangs of youths has won a multi-million pound deal in its first year.
Date: 14 May 2006
Source: BBC
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Mosquito to bite back against yobs
Police in the Staffordshire Moorlands have been using their lates weapon in the fight against anti-social behaviour.
Date: 14 May 2006
Source: The Sentinel
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Deal for anti-gang sonic device
A Welsh business which developed an ultrasonic device to deter nuisance gangs of youths has won a multi-million pound deal in its first year.
Date: 14 May 2006
Source: BBC
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Yobs can buzz off!
A noisy machine that makes nuisance teenagers buzz off is to be made and distributed by a new company.
Date:
11 May 2006
Source:
South Wales Echo
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High frequency shrieks scares off yobs
More West communities fed up with anti-social behaviour from teenage yobs are signing up to use a controversial crime prevention device.
Date: 09 April 2006
Source: Western Daily Press
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New weapon tackles yobs - Mosquito disperses teen crowd
Police have a new weapon against yobs - the Mosquito.
Date: 04 April 2006
Source: Shipley Target
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Orders Unholy Racket Deters Young Church Thieves and Vandals
A VILLAGE church that fell victim to yob culture has bitten back with an unholy noise to repel devilish behaviour.
Date: 04 May 2006
Source: Barnsley Star
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Marching orders…
A VILLAGE church that fell victim to yob culture has bitten back with an unholy noise to repel devilish behaviour.
Date:04 May 2006
Source: Sheffiled Today
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