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Annoy-a-tron 2.0 Lets You to Slowly Drive Your Co-Workers Insane Just for Fun

Adam Frucci — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:20:00 EST

You may remember the original Annoy-a-tron, a tiny device designed to annoy the crap out of friends and enemies alike. Well, now there's the new Annoy-a-tron 2.0, taking the obnoxiousness to new heights.

The Annoy-a-tron is a tiny device that plays annoying sounds at random intervals, perfect for hiding in your targets office. While the original would just play one annoying sound, the 2.0 version has five different sounds, allowing you to specifically choose your form of torment. The sounds are:

-15kHz (Mosquito tone) (full volume)
-Cricket chirping (medium/low volume)
-IM Doorbell (low volume)
-Grating Electronic noise (full volume)
-Typical Electronic Beep (medium volume)

Yes, that mosquito tone is the frequency that young people can hear and older people or people with bad hearing cannot, making it the perfect setting for "annoying" your toddlers when they're trying to sleep.

The tiny device has two magnets on board and a battery that will provide it with four full weeks of juice, provided you hide it well enough to torture someone for a full month. [ThinkGeek]

Annoy-a-tron: lose friends for cheap!

Adam Frucci — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:17:49 EST

Attn: terrible human beings. I have a product here that will really appeal to your god-awful sense of humor. Yes, you might think you have a great sense of humor because you make yourself laugh so much, but if you took the time to look around and notice how no one else ever laughs with you, you would realize that you're just antagonistic and everyone thinks you're annoying.

Well, it's been working for you so far. Why stop now? The Annoy-a-tron is a tiny device that you can hide in a room and will then emit a horrible, irritating sound every so often. It will infuriate whoever is in the room, just like you. For when you can't be there to be annoying in person, accept no substitutes. –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via Coolest Gadgets]

The Annoy-a-tron

Jason Chen — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:15:43 EST

If you've got a professor, a co-worker, or sibling that you really, really hate, this Annoy-a-tron is the perfect thing to drive them up the wall. The small-ish gadget fits discretely under desks, in bags, or in closets and lets out a short beep in 2 to 8 minute intervals.

We had a cellphone run low on battery and beep every few minutes, and since we have about 57 cellphones here you can imagine how hard it was to identify the source. This is that idea taken a step further—just enough to drive someone batsh*t insane.– Jason Chen

Product Page [ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron]