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xkcd #3100: Alert Sound

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With a good battery, the device can easily last for 5 or 10 years, although the walls probably won't.

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[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

There is a PCB make it Yourself Project that was very low power and played a cricket sound at random intervals. It lasted Years on a coin cell. Don't use this on mentally unstable people!