18
2010
Getting rid of mosquitoes in the schools!
Have you ever heard a screeching sound that made you cover your ears in pain? If you are 25 or younger, you may be hearing it a lot more. This time it is not on accident. This time it is targeted at you!
There is this product called the “Mosquito.” This product gives off a high pitched noise that only people under 25 can hear (although sometimes people who are over 25 can hear it too). The closer you get to the device, the more “annoying” it becomes. Although the company claims it’s not painful, they have no studies to vouch for the long term effect of this device.
Doing a Google search, I actually found a Chicago school that is using the Mosquito to “help” students get to class faster by installing it in the hallways. Other search results showed that the device is used in malls and in parking lots of schools. The primary use however seems to be for scattering young people who are “loitering” next to businesses.
What do you think? Should this device be used in schools? Should companies be able to use this technology to disband youth loiters? If this device worked on adults and were used in corporations, do you think it would be considered a violation of rights?
