09.11.2009 15:04

Ig Nobel Prizes

On page 76 of English Network Plus you can read about an Ig Nobel prize-winner, Eduardo Segura, of Lavakan de Aste, of Tarragona, Spain, who won the Ig Nobel Prize in Hygiene for his invention of a washing machine for cats and dogs!

The Ig Nobel Prizes are presented by genuine Nobel laureates at a ceremony in Sanders Theater at Harvard University. The IgNoble ceremony has many of its own traditions, including an eight-year-old girl who interrupts long-winded speakers by repeating, "Please stop. I'm bored," in a high-pitched voice if speakers go on for too long. Throwing paper aeroplanes was another long-standing tradition - and the paper planes on the stage were swept up by physics professor Roy Glauber, who was given the title: Keeper of the Broom. But Professor Glauber couldn't perform his sweeping duties in 2003 - he was travelling to Stockholm to receive a genuine Nobel Prize in Physics!

To see a news report on some past winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes, click on:

To find out more about past Ig Nobel prize winners and their achievements click on.

And for a comprehensive list of past winners, click on: