With this smart home device you drive your neighbors crazy
Do you annoy your neighbors from above? Our find shows how you can get them back – but we do not accept any liability!
How can it actually be that with roughly 83 million people living in Germany, it is always precisely those who live above me who prefer to practice tap dancing at night and on weekends and who otherwise behave in a highly disruptive manner? In such a situation, it would be constructive to go upstairs, seek a conversation – and hope for the best. If you like it a little more passive-aggressive, knock on the ceiling with a broomstick – and hope for the best. And if you just want to see everything burn – build a nerve device.
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With the Tallywhacker you can kill your neighbors
Tallywhacker – in German: Schniedel – calls a resourceful one Reddit users the device that he built solely to drive his neighbors from above really crazy. To do this, a spring doorstop is hit by a plastic arch at irregular intervals of 5 to 30 seconds. The result is the vibration of a strong spring that is transmitted directly to the ground. According to the 21st century, the device can be integrated into the smart home of its creator thanks to an Arduino platform and can be switched on or off with a corresponding voice command.
The plastic arch of the Tallywhacker is driven by a motor that is actually built into remote control cars, spring door stoppers are available for a few euros and thankfully the creator has it Arduino code also made available – if you want to torment your own neighbors, you can easily recreate the device.
The spring is caused to vibrate at irregular intervals by the plastic arch, which it transmits directly to the ceiling or floor of the neighbor. (Screenshot: Reddit / t3n)
And because humans – tap-dancing neighbors or Tallywhackers – are finally civilized and have something like an aesthetic awareness, the inventor added a cover for the Tallywhacker from the 3D printer. Otherwise it doesn’t look like – what should the neighbors think?
It should also look pretty: Its inventor even gave the Tallywhacker a cover. (Screenshot: Reddit / t3n)
Despite all the enthusiasm for this creative project, t3n would like to expressly point out that we assume no liability if you should rebuild the Tallywhacker and become homeless as a result.
