Reginald Fessenden's Radio

Origin
Reginald Fessenden was a pioneering radio experimenter, who used continuous waves and some of the first radio transmissions to carry voices and music. He received hundreds of patents for various inventions, including fields of high-powered transmission, sonar and television.

This artifact inspired the 1960 Twilight Zone episode "A Thing About Machines".

Effects
Sends out an excitatory signal that animates machines or any electrical device when in the presence of people. They will grow vengeful and attack those who mistreat or damage machinery. The machines will continue their vendetta until the person reforms their ways or is mortally wounded.