Here’s another look back at Project AIRhead 2000 (announced in June 1994). The project celebrated every item, project or concept that had the number 2000 tacked onto its name in giddy anticipation of the coming millennium: Rover 2000 automobile.
About: Marc Abrahams
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Ig video: the thrilling conclusion
The glitch has been vanquished. The final segment of the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony video (from the webcast) is now online. It’s got: the awarding of the rest of the prizes; the Win-a-Date contest, and the thrilling conclusion of the mini-opera.
Ten-pin anecdotal horror
Anecdotally HSE has been told of various public miss-uses from balls being thrown down the lane at operatives undertaking maintenance work in the machine. So kinda-sorta warns the UK Health & Safety Executive’s report “Guidance on pinsetter / pinspotter machines in ten pin bowling centres“. (Thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing this to our […]
Standard interview with Dr. Bodnar
The London Evening Standard interviewed Dr. Elena Bodnar, Ig Nobel Prize-winning inventor of the bra that converts instantly into a pair of protective face masks. Dr. Bodnar demonstrated the device: UPDATE: Dr. Bodnar is much in demand for interviews. Here are a few other video reports: KCAL-9 TV and 322 TV News, and BBC Russia.