October 6, 2006
Teen repellent is Ig Nobel winner
The much written about device that repels teenagers has won the peace prize at this year's Ig Nobel , reports the BBC, the spoof alternative to the rather more sober Nobel prizes.
"Other winners included a report into why woodpeckers do not get headaches. All the research is real and published in often prestigious journals.
Unlike the recipients of the more illustrious awards, Ig Nobel winners get no cash reward.
Marc Abrahams, editor of science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research, which co-sponsors the awards, said: "The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative - and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology."
The winners are given a one-minute acceptance speech, the time policed by a loud eight-year-old girl.
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