ANIMAL » NOISE

Anti-Teenager Repellant Doesn’t Ward Off Vandals

Will Sherman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:35:16 +0000

News reports are suggesting the Mosquito, the age discriminating anti-loitering noisemaker, isn’t so good at discouraging vandalism. A month after Tokyo park officials installed the device delinquents smashed a toilet, but it’s possible the vandals simply braved the high pitched noise long enough to act out their annoyance or they’re too old to be affected. |Pink Tentacle|

Equal Discrimination

Will Sherman — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:36:53 +0000

Accused of age discrimination for creating an anti-loitering noisemaker targeting teenagers, the makers of Mosquito have released a new version that attacks everyone’s eardrums equally, dispersing “not only loitering youth, but also anti-social adults.” |Mosquito Group|

Sewage Plant Chimes In On Greenpoint Residents

ANIMAL — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:37:23 +0000

Although no one’s solved the case of the mysterious reoccurring maple syrup smell in Manhattan, the source of a puzzling “tone” heard for over a year and a half in Greenpoint has been located. Described by The Brooklyn Paper as an “ethereal ring-a-ling,” a representative from the DEP admitted that the sound comes from the nearby, Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant’s PA system. This revelation should make it easier to solve an equally strange hum in Bay Ridge, also home to a sewage plant, and probably rules out the prevailing theories linking it to “trains, UFOs and breeding toadfish.” |TBP|