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Idzkowski said the hardened medium-carbon steel U-Lock, which he calls "the only lock that fights back," is designed to only emit its noxious odor when someone tries to cut through it with a saw, angle grinder or other tool.
He said the chemicals inside the lock include a concoction dubbed "formula D_1."
"It's pretty much immediately vomit inducing, causes difficulty breathing," Idzkowski told The Guardian. "A lot of similar symptoms to pepper spray."
He said he and his team tested out the chemicals at various distances on themselves.
"At two feet it was pretty bad. It was absolutely vomit inducing in 99 percent of people. At five feet it's very noticeable and the initial reaction is to move away from it. At 10 feet it's definitely detectable and very unpleasant," he said.
Idzkowski is currently charging $99 to pre-order the SkunkLock, which is scheduled to ship in June 2017.