The Ig Nobel Prize Winners For 2014...

[vienna]

If there is a ridiculously questionable field or topic to study, there is a grant, endowment, or subsidy to support the effort. Here are the 2014 Ig Nobel Prize winner:


http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2014


For more information on the Ig Nobel Prizes:

http://www.improbable.com/ig/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...gh-then-think/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize


This reminded me about the time, back in the late 60's/early 70's when there was an anti-war/anti-Nixon protest at University of California Berkeley. The police powers that be at the time decided it was a good idea to drop tear gas canisters from a hovering helicopter on the demonstrators. The big problem with this idea was there was a campus hospital nearby and the wind and prop wash blew the gas cloud into the open windows of the hospital adversely affecting the patients and staff. A decision was made to study the incident and the Nixon Administration commissioned a study on the affects of tear gas on public lawns and landscaping...


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[Wolferz]

The US government and police forces should all be charged with crimes against humanity for their liberal use of chemical warfare against their own citizens. Still, it's not as bad as the Kent State University debacle. They used real bullets out of fear that they'd have flowers shoved in their gun barrels.

[Jimbuna]

Ig Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Elena Bodnar demonstrates her invention (a brassiere that can quickly convert into a pair of protective face masks)

At last...just what I've always wanted

[vienna]

Is that Jim making those motor-boating sounds?...


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[Jimbuna]

LOL

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

The US government and police forces should all be charged with crimes against humanity for their liberal use of chemical warfare against their own citizens. Still, it's not as bad as the Kent State University debacle. They used real bullets out of fear that they'd have flowers shoved in their gun barrels.

One of my instructors was a fresh out of the academy state police officer during that time. He had been tasked to 'defend' a bank in Athens (Ohio University). While standing outside the bank, he had a college girl walk upto him and place a flower in the barrel of his shotgun.