Cell Phones That Bug Off

The BBC reports that South Korea's SK Telecom has just launched a new service that lets cell phone users download a tone to that repels mosquitoes. (Not to be confused with the "mosquitotone" for teenagers, a tone that parents and teachers can't hear - or anyone over 20.)

The story has been picked up by both Core77 and DVICE , but just for the record, this is not new. SK Telecom's mobile phone-based mosquito repellent, was first written up in July 2003 and described then (as now) "as a service that generates anti-mosquito sound waves ranging from 300Hz to 600Hz to repel mosquitoes within a range of one meter".

It's also reportedly, widely distributed across Asia.

emily | 10:21 PM | New SMS Services |
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