Insights about grizzly bears and some humans who spend time with grizzly bears: “Grizzlies in the Backyard“, by Margaret Munro, in the New York Times) “A suit of armour is a bear necessity”, about Troy Hurtubise, in The Guardian) The Yet Still Further Continuing Adventures of Troy (Chapter 310): “…Though some people think Troy is […]
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Troy’s invention makes human hair grow, and also plants, Troy reports, reportedly
Troy Hurtubise, who won an Ig Nobel Prize in 1998 for devising and personally testing a suit of armor that he hopes will protect him against grizzly bears, has now invented and personally tested a machine that promotes the growth of hair on human heads, and also promotes the growth of plants, Chris Dawson of […]
A fond look back at one of Troy’s many bear-suit adventures
This CTV news report shows Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise, some years ago, testing one of the many increasingly-sophisticated suits of armor he developed to protect himself against grizzly bears. In this report, Troy, wearing the suit, was strapped to the front of an automobile, and the car was then driven head-on into a brick […]
Kapow! Israeli army emulates Troy Hurtubise?
News reports (in the Israeli newspaper Globes, in the NANOJV defense intelligence blog, and elsewhere) say that on Wednesday, December 22, Israel’s army is going to test a new tank-defense system by firing live anti-tank missiles at a tank that contains two of its own soldiers. (Thanks to investigator Yossi Levi for bringing this to […]
Grizzly film about Ig winner now online
Project Grizzly, the splendid National Film Board of Canada documentary about Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise, can now be watched online in its entirety. Troy was awarded the 1998 Ig Nobel Prize in safety engineering for developing, and personally testing a suit of armor that is impervious to grizzly bears. To watch the film, […]
Troy on the march
Troy Hurtubise, 1998 Ig Nobel Prize winner (in the field of Safety Engineering) for spending seven years building and personally testing a suit of armor that he hopes will protect him against grizzly bears (an adventure that inspired an episode of The Simpsons TV show), and whose subsequent exploits we have documented, has invented yet […]