Ig Nobel Improbable Research Show

Video from Marc Abraham's Ig Nobel Improbable Research Show appearance at Beckman Institute on October 25, 2006. For more information on the Ig Nobel Prize, Marc Abrahams, and the Annals for Improbable Research, visit http://improbable.com.

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IgNobel Part 1

Part One

Beckman director Pierre Wiltzius' introduction.
Marc Abrahams' introduction.
(QuickTime 16 MB)

IgNobel Part 2

Part Two

Marc displays the work of the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize winners.
(QuickTime 14 MB)

IgNobel Part 3

Part Three

Marc displays the work of some previous Ig Nobel Prize winners.
(QuickTime 18 MB)

IgNobel Part 4

Part Four

Beckman Researcher Daniel Simons, recipient of the 2004 Ig Nobel Psychology Prize. (The research videos are not included in this clip but can be viewed here).
(QuickTime 36 MB)

IgNobel Part 5

Part Five

The Girls Next Door perform Part I of the mini-opera "Inertia Makes the World Go Around."
(QuickTime 10 MB)

IgNobel Part 6

Part Six

Joe Futrelle presents his paper "The Mildly-Parallel Palmtop Array: A Breakthrough in Low-Performance Computer Networking"
(QuickTime 20 MB)