Sneaky, mean, even cruel. Call the creator of this TV-B-Gone what you like, but he certainly is inventive!

Blow Up Your Telly: The Social Experiment
You may have heard about the TV-B-Gone, a wonderful device from Cornfield Electronics that can turn off virtually any remotely-controlled television. This gadget is great for causing mayhem, confusion and frustration in sports bars, electronic stores, or anyplace else that has a television.

I love the social experiment that is the TVBG…next time you’re at a sports bar or restaurant with TVs, watch a group of people dining together…invariably they will be sucked into a show they really don’t care about on a TV they can’t even hear. They’ll chat idly, but for some reason the TV commands their attention, and in some cases their friends will seem like a distraction. Zap that TV, and the whole dynamic changes. Often without even realizing it, they will start talking to their friends and really enjoying themselves.[Read the rest]