The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize winners were introduced at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre.
Ig Nobel tonight!
The 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony happens tonight: Thursday, September 18, 6:00 pm (US eastern time). Watch the live webcast. And… Simultaneously follow the action on Twitter: James Harkin (James is the head writer for QI, The Museum of Curiosity, and the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish) will be on stage, live-tweeting at @ImprobResearch Lots […]
A logistics video: Automobile weaving
Here is another logistics video. The activities shown here can be modeled with standard mathematical techniques, should it appeal to you to do so: [vimeo]106226560[/vimeo] (Thanks to investigator Vaughn Tan for bringing this to our attention.)
A past Ig Nobel winner recounts the glory (or whatever)
Laurent Bègue, who a year ago was (together with his colleagues) awarded the 2013 Ig Nobel Prize for psychology, recounts the experience. He writes, in the Huffington Post: Le jour où j’ai reçu un IG Nobel L’université américaine de Harvard décerne chaque année les LG Nobel. Ces prix récompensent des scientifiques dont les travaux font “rire, […]