Ron Popeil is being showered with new recognition. Mr. Popeil was awarded the 1993 Ig Nobel Prize in consumer engineering for redefining the industrial revolution with such devices as the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, and the Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler. [REFERENCE: “The Salesman of the Century : Inventing, Marketing, and Selling on TV: How I Did It and How […]
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Dr. Nakamats, in Russian, at length
Nearly an hour of the Russian edition of the documentary film about 2005 Ig Nobel Prize winner Dr. Nakamats is online. Dr. Nakamats won his prize for having photographed and alylized every meal he consumed during a period of 34 years [a streak which he has since extended], which is but one of his many […]
Videos of Troy and the Suits of Armor
Some further looks back at the work of Troy Hurtubise, 1998 Ig Nobel Prize winner in the field of safety engineering. Troy was honored that year for developing and personally testing a suit of armor that is said to be impervious to grizzly bears. Troy has a new book out; we reviewed it here recently. […]
Dr. Nakamats, ultra-prolific inventor
Motherboard produced this eight-minute-long documentary of Dr. Yoshiro Nakamats. Dr. Nakamats, an inventor for whom the word “prolific” seems almost to be insufficient, was awarded the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in nutrition for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting)..