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Loud Talkers on the Subway? Whip Out the 'SpeechJammer'
The Japanese-designed gadget plays the offending speaker's words back to them in a highly irritating way.
For lovers of peace and quiet, is there anything more grating than riding public transit next to a person with no sense of speech-volume control?
While many in this situation may choose to relocate meekly to a quieter seat, it's now possible to torture these loud talkers with a taste of their own abrasive chitchat. Enter the wondrous NoiseJammer, a handheld audioweapon that looks like a radar gun but acts like a badly functioning microphone.