An early model of the bike lock that causes thieves to vomit when they cut through the metal bodyWith more than 300,000 bicycle thefts reported around the country last year, inventors are at last kicking up a real stink. A young American team has developed a bike lock that explodes with a vomit-inducing smell when broken or sawn through. In the year to last March, 327,000 bike thefts were reported to police in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics said. Outraged by the flimsy nature of some cheap and even moderately expensive bike locks, Daniel Idzkowski, from San Francisco, has invented the SkunkLock, named after the animal that releases a malodorous spray. He said that a…

Source: The Times October 21, 2016 16:07 UTC