2007 Ig Nobel prizes

As one of my OCIAM colleagues pointed out today, the 2007 Ig Nobel prizes have now been awarded.

One of them was awarded for the infamous gap bomb. Others were avoided for real research, such as that on the wrinkling of an elastic sheet. (That's actually extremely important and interesting research and was done by a very well-known guy.) Aside from the gap bomb one, I think my favorite concerns the side effects of swallowing swords. There are some other big winners as well.