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Last November, a man by the name of Howard Stapleton invented a device whose sole purpose was to keep teenagers from loitering around shops by blasting sound at them from boxes placed in parking lots.  The device, manufactured by a British company called Compound Security, is called the Mosquito, and works with the use of high- pitched frequencies that many people hypothetically become unable to hear once they reach their late-twenties.

These frequencies, quite similar in pitch to the hum of a CRT  monitor, are intended to be sufficiently painful — or at the very  least, annoying and uncomfortable — to the ears of young adults,  causing them to leave the area, while leaving the shop owners and  other customers quite unable to hear the tone themselves. The device worked moderately well, but someone caught wind of the mechanics and decided to use the technology to their advantage.

The number of teenagers and older children with cell phones has grown drastically over the years. And in many schools, students are not allowed to use their cell phones during class, or in some cases, while on school grounds at all. And with text messaging being as popular a way of communicating as it is, many students are unwilling to turn off their phones. Using the same premise as the Mosquito — making a noise only younger people can hear, that most adults over the age of thirty could not detect — a ring tone was made, allowing many teenagers to use their cell phones without detection.

Teen Buzz, the name of this ring tone made by a group of Welsh teenagers, spread quickly though many British schools, allowing students to use text messaging without their teachers being any the wiser. Howard Stapleton found out about it when his teenager daughter had downloaded the ring tone to use on her own phone.

Teen Buzz was not designed as well as it could’ve been, though given the fact that it was made by a group of teenagers, it did well enough. When he realized that such a thing could make money if done correctly, Stapleton decided to make an official version of his original invention, and is now selling the Mosquito ringtone for three pounds on the internet.

Most audible noise (especially those produced by humans themselves) takes place between 200 and 8000 hertz. As the years go by, most adults find themselves unable to hear much outside of that range. The unofficial version of the ring tone, Teen Buzz, was set to 15 kilohertz, while Stapleton’s official version, Mosquitotone, reaches 17 kilohertz, both of which are sufficiently high enough to block a large percentage of adults from hearing it.

The downside to this ringtone — and the original device itself — is that not all adults over the age of thirty are unable to hear this tone. And, in many cases, the tone itself can leave temporary effects, such as short-term ringing in one or both ears, headaches, and sometimes nausea, the intensity of which is determined by one’s sensitivity to the high-pitched noise and how long the person can stand to listen to it. So while it can work well in classrooms under the supervision of older teachers, it is not completely foolproof.

The unofficial mosquito tone has been brought to the attention of many young teachers whose ears were still in good condition and could hear the noise perfectly. Other teachers, unable to hear the noise themselves, have been playing it for their younger students, all of whom seem capable of picking up the hum. Given the general painfulness associated with such high-frequency noises, many believe this ring tone is simply a fad which will die out, while others think it will remain useful, providing the original premise is worked on.

Stapleton continues to work on improving the noise for his Mosquitotone, making it less painful to hear and perhaps even play a melody instead of just sending out a single, flat tone. Soon the official version will be released to the United States as well. If it does turn into a passing fad, at least the original Mosquito can still be used successfully to keep teenagers from loitering around shops for no reason. But for now, teenagers will take their chances with side-effects just so they can spend their class time typing to their friends across the room.