New York University graduate student Adam Harvey recently invented a smart alternative for camera-shy celebrities that won't tarnish their public image or end in an assault charge. His "anti-paparazzi device," which is built into a clutch purse, uses a photo cell that picks up a photographer's flash and communicates with a circuitboard, which then fires LED lights that flash back at paparazzi, ruining their photos.

The effect is immediate and even kind of cool looking. Perhaps a flash in the face of a pap who's tailing you in their car can cause them to drive into the opposing lane.

I would really love to see this in use. Not that I don't love my celeb pics, but those paps are scum a lot of the time and I just want them to get their comeuppance whether its at a time that they deserve it or not.