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2009 Ig Nobels Awarded, For Gas-Mask Bras and More
alphadogg notes that the 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded yesterday evening in Cambridge, MA. (You may find that site has been pre-Slashdotted; and improbable.com's video feeds of the ceremony don't work at the moment either.) News.com.au has coverage of the bra that converts quickly to two gas masks, a study of why pregnant women don't tip over, the award for literature, and other gems. "Ireland's police won the literature prize from writing more than 50 traffic tickets to a frequent visitor and speeder named Prawo Jazdy. In Polish, this means 'driver's license.' Pathologist Stephan Bolliger and colleagues at the University of Bern in Switzerland won for a study they did to determine whether an empty beer bottle does more or less damage to the human skull than a full one in a bar fight."
This may sound a bit funny invention, but in some places like Seoul where a gas attack can be feared at any moment (they have racks of gas mask for emergency use in every subway station for instance) it could be very useful for a part of the population to constantly carry a pair. We would consider more gently if it was a convertible scarf or gloves, or hat. The fact that it covers a boob is a funny fact that everyone will forget once the gas bomb explodes.
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Yeah, but it's booby sweat!
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