Unfortunately, before your reporter could find out what the device was called, the youth had jumped off the bus, beaming. A quick search on the Web revealed three portable mobile phone jammers. It appears that help is on the way. In 1811, a group of English mechanics threatened by new machinery that they perceived would cost them their jobs took clubs to the machines and destroyed them. They were known as Luddites, as their leader was a Captain Ludd.
Today there are modern day Luddites backlashing out against technology overkill.
Many of them are actually IT professionals. They are ignoring television and listening to books on tape or radio plays with their families gathered around the fireplace. They are buying and reading books in greater numbers than ever before. They are rediscovering cooking, gardening, musical instrument playing, chess, and picnics. You might give it a try.