Revenge by gadget

Technology

WSJ on the effort to combat some of the annoying things out there about technology (my FM hack was in there)… –

Attention loud cellphone talkers, overzealous horn honkers, inconsiderate cab drivers and other everyday pests. Your days may be numbered.

Thanks to the falling cost of microcontroller chips and the lure of easy online sales, inventors are turning out record numbers of gadgets. One growing subset of these inventions: products that help people neutralize antisocial behavior at the push of a button.

Revenge by gadget – Link.

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