After several exciting glitches, video of the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is now online, in four parts: Part 1: Pre-show Risk Cabaret Concert by The Penny-wise Guys, and the very, very beginning of the ceremony. Part 2: Lots of introductions. Several past winners return. Benoit Mandelbrot’s keynote address. Part 3: Awarding of several prizes. […]
About: Marc Abrahams
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Lap dance research officer sought
Investigator Scott Langill directs us to this University of Leeds job posting: Research Officer – The rise and regulation of lap dancing and the place of sexual labour and consumption in the night time economy (Job reference: 316199 ) (Full-time, fixed term 12 months from March 2010) You will work on an ESRC funded study […]
Lamentable deer-whistle findings
Investigator G.J. Reynolds alerts us to an alert about deficiencies of deer-collision avoidance devices: “Analysis and effectiveness of deer whistles for motor vehicles: frequencies, levels, and animal threshold responses,” Peter M. Scheifele [pictured here], David G. Browning and Lesa M. Collins-Scheifel, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America [ARLO], vol. 4, no. 13, July 2003. […]
A look back: Whisper 2000
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: “Whisper 2000,” a device that lets you hear a whisper across the room.