Cornellians, the alumni magazine of Cornell University, celebrates some of the alumni who have been awarded Ig Nobel Prizes. The 2021 Ig Nobel Transportation Prize winners are just the latest: “When you see a rhino hanging upside down, it’s a little bit comical,” he admits. “But it makes you wonder, and then you start to […]
Tag: Upside-Down
Side Effects of Inversion Tables (tables that turn people upside-down)
A company called The Back Pain Relief Center looks (perhaps ruefully?) at some research on “Side Effects of Inversion Tables“.
20 questions answered by the man who looked at the world upside-down
Atsuki Higashiyama, winner of the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize for perception, answers 20 questions, in the Japan Times. It begins: Ig Nobel perception prize winner Atsuki Higashiyama: ‘Psychology teaches us to be scientific and skeptical’ BY J.J. O’DONOGHUE SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES Name: Atsuki Higashiyama Age: 65 Nationality: Japanese Occupation: Professor of psychology, Ritsumeikan University […]
Upside-down crotch-peeping tourists in Japan
“The observatory crotch peep platform is being installed, a lot of tourists to experience the crotch peeping.” — one highlight from NHK Zero’s TV report about the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize winners. The image you see here, from the TV program, shows how people have been influenced by the winner of the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize […]