2009 ig nobel prize

Every year, Improbable Research heads up a competition for inventions, books, and ideas that "first make people LAUGH then make them THINK". The winner of this year's Ig Nobel Prize was Dr. Elena Bodnar, who invented a bra that turns into a gas mask. Laugh... now THINK.


Some of the other ideas were:

- For the Veterinary Medicine Prize, a study showing that cows with names produce more milk than those without names

- For the Chemistry Prize, the ability to turn liquids (tequila) into diamonds (click here for the PDF explaining the experiment)

- For the Medicine Prize, a man cracked his left knuckles every day for 60 years, but never his right, to test to see if this causes arthritis

- For the Literature Prize, the police report of a man in Ireland who amassed over 50 traffic tickets, more than anyone in the country - his name? Prawo Jazdy, which in Polish means "Driving License"


For more winners from previous years, check out Improbable Research