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‘Smart toilet’ that takes anal prints wins Ig Nobel Prize::We have smart phones, smart cars, smart watches and...smart toilets? Well, now we do. Seung-min Park's Stanford Toilet captured an

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 year ago

The Ig Nobel Prize (/ˌɪɡnoʊˈbɛl/ IG-noh-BEL) is a satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. Its aim is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the word ignoble.

Organized by the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), the Ig Nobel Prizes are presented by Nobel laureates in a ceremony at the Sanders Theater at Harvard University, and are followed by the winners' public lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

lol nice

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

That makes much more sense

[-] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 55 points 1 year ago

Arse Technica

[-] iluminae@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

And just 9 years after the idea was on adult swim.

[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Does getting penetrated change the creases?

[-] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 12 points 1 year ago

>I live alone and my toilet recognizes "Fred", and "Slutty Fred"

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the size.

[-] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

inb4 "gamer girl anal print" storms the market

has the best feature to uniquely identify the best girl

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They were busy trying to figure out if they could...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The Ig Nobels were underwhelming this year. They're always fun, but some years are more fun than others.

[-] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're saying you don't enjoy an— actually, nevermind.

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