Author Topic: Cell Phones vs Mosquitoes? (Read 243 times)

Nash · « **on:** July 10, 2003, 09:43:45 PM »

Anyone hear of this?

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will repel mosquitoes.

SK Telecom Co. said subscribers can pay 3,000 won (US$2.50) to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. Customers can then play the sound by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones.

The company claimed that the service worked during tests.

The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings.

SK Telecom has 17 million subscribers and controls a little over 50 percent of the domestic market
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If this works, it'd be great to be able to download an MP3 of it and run it looped out of speakers on the deck etc.

Arlo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2003, 09:55:50 PM »

Ahhhh .... a gimmick to sell more battery packs!

Fishu · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2003, 11:08:09 PM »

I really wonder whether cellphones are really capable of making noise not possible to be heard by human ear (other than being shut!)

Hangtime · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2003, 11:24:20 PM »

supposedly, theres a tonal that emulates the beat of a dragonflys wings.. which supposedly scares off the mosquitoes.

friend of mine was equipped with a lil battery powered gadget that emmited this tonal.. last i saw of the dude he was trying to outrun a pack of howling dogs while trying to avoid being dry humped by a squadron of horny dragonflies.