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teen repellent

British Teen Repellent System Irritating US Residents Soon

You remember that lousy mosquito noise device generators in the UK that were supposed to drive teens away because only they could hear them? The ones that actually turned out to be audible to just about everybody? They're coming to the US. People here aren't too happy about it, with some bans and protests after (and before) some shop owners decided to install them. What do you think? Is this going to work better than calling the cops? [CNN via Boing Boing]

1:40 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Jason Chen
4,552 views, 87 comments

Latest by n/a: @AqueousBeef: you should be shot. more »

cellphones

Cameraphones Becoming Integral To Teen Dating...Because They're Used to Swap Naked Pics

Did you know your teens are swapping naked pictures of themselves with their dates? We've got a few questions about how widespread this is—mainstream news sites love to take a few cases of anything and pretend it's an epidemic—but it is an interesting enough topic for us to look into. You know, teen nakedness. More »

2:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Jason Chen
42,672 views, 110 comments

Latest by n/a: WAIT A SECOND!?!?! They make cellphones with cameras!? more »

boston

Boston Getting LED'ed On ATHF Mooninite Anniversary

Those of us not brain damaged enough to remember stuff from a year ago will recall the crazy response Boston had to the LED Mooninites plastered around their city to promote the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. This elite group of people lacking severe head trauma sure didn't forget, and they're definitely not letting the city of Boston forget it either as they're throwing up even more Mooninite LEDs today in celebration of the crapfest that happened last year. 1-31-07, a day that will live on in internet DIY nerd infamy. [MAKE]

1:50 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Jason Chen
5,533 views, 32 comments

Latest by n/a: [www.rfjason.com] Make harmless LED art JPGs and post it on your blog. No hosting required. God I love promoting my crap. rfjason.com/bombart more »

teen girl supersquad

Girls On Top For First Time in Siemens Competition's History

A trio of girls has scooped the honors in Siemens' Math, Science and Technology Prize, the first time in the competition's nine-year history. According to James Whaley, President of the Siemens Foundation, the percentage of girls taking part in the competition has been steadily increasing each year—and this year, 48% of the contestants were female. So, does this double victory dispel the theory that women just don't have it when it comes to excelling at sciences? More »

5:59 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By AddyDugdale
5,167 views, 31 comments

Latest by king_of_fools: there isnt a single mention of what they did ... just ample notice that they had boobs and a vagina ... sounds like a affirmative action win. more »

redefining 'beta' again and again

If You Want Joost, You Gotta Have Friends

Today marks the first day of YouTube competitor Joost's commercial availability. That's right, it's out of "expanded beta" and open to an "unlimited number"—cue record scratch noise—"of friends, family and colleagues of existing beta testers." Maybe it's not beta, or expanded beta, but I am going to call this interim period "expanded expanded beta." More »

1:15 PM on Tue May 1 2007
By Wilson Rothman
7,143 views, 129 comments

gadgets

Teen Repellent Too Good, Drives Everybody Away


The first review of Compound Security's Mosquito device is in. The ugly little box works by emitting a high-pitched noise that only the younger folk are supposed to be able to hear. Trouble is, in Gadget Lab's test, the sound was audible to those of the older generations as well, those known to the food and beverage trade as paying customers. The risk is just too great that you'll drive the wrong people away from your teen-infested establishment, and besides, the thing costs $745. Best to stick with more proven cliches alternatives, such as Muzak or a broom you can shake angrily in the air.–Wilson Rothman More »

8:20 PM on Mon Apr 9 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
6,091 views, 19 comments

Latest by ViperBorg: @videoCWK: Except not every teen owns a iMac. Some use this crazy thing called Windows. more »

pranks

Gawker Video Prank, Plus Challenge

Most of you have heard of the Mosquito Ringtone, or Teen Buzz, by now. Originally developed as a security device to keep those pesky kids away from your shops, this high frequency pitch was quickly hijacked by terrorist youth who used the weapon for their own text-messaging-during-class gain. More »

3:35 PM on Sat Feb 24 2007
By Mark Wilson
31,565 views, 58 comments

gadgets

Gadgets Used for Stalking - New Teen Epidemic?


Kids these days have it so easy. In my day, if you wanted to stalk someone you had call them at home on a good old-fashioned analog telephone (one bonus was the lack of caller ID and/or *69) or actually break into their home and physically boil their pet bunny rabbit. Boy, have times changed. More »

7:50 AM on Wed Feb 14 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
1,097 views, 8 comments

gadgets

Turner Broadcasting Coughs Up $2 Million for Boston 'Bomb' Scare

fear_and_loathing.jpgTurner Broadcasting accepted full responsibility for scaring up cops and homeland security officials in Boston last week, with the broadcast giant and its contractor Interference Inc. agreeing to plunk down $2 million to soothe everyone's nerves after the goofy fiasco had the city up in arms. More »

10:48 AM on Tue Feb 6 2007
By Charlie White
801 views, 53 comments

bombs

Aqua Teen Bombs: A Reflective Response

Watch it, then hit the jump for my response. More »
gadgets

Promotional Gadgets Grip Boston in Fear and Loathing

Gadgets practically turned the entire city of Boston upside down yesterday. Fourteen of these horrifying and obviously dangerous devices were found throughout the city, and it turns out they were light boards depicting a "Mooninite," an outer space delinquent who shows up on the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. More »

8:30 AM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Charlie White
3,083 views, 94 comments

gadgets

Kids Be Gone Ultrasonic Teen Deterrent: Sounds Like Teen Spirit?

You might have heard of the teen-repellent noisemaker a store owner employed in his parking lot in the UK, and now that squealing device that supposedly makes an extremely annoying racket that only teens can hear has found its way to the United States. The device has been named Kids Be Gone, as if paying customers with more disposable income than any generation of youth in history are some kind of plague. More »

9:56 AM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By Charlie White
4,518 views, 30 comments