The Mosquito was invented in 2005 by Howard Stapleton, a security consultant from Wales. The idea for the Mosquito originated in his youth, when at the age of 12, he visited a factory with his father, then a manufacturing executive. Opening the door to a room where workers were using high-frequency welding equipment, Howard couldn’t bear to go inside because of the noise. When he complained, the adults around him asked: “What noise?”.