9/21/2012

Japan wins the 2012 igNobel Prize!

improbable.com/ig/winners
ACOUSTICS PRIZE: Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada [JAPAN] for creating the SpeechJammer — a machine that disrupts a person’s speech, by making them hear their own spoken words at a very slight delay.
REFERENCE: “SpeechJammer: A System Utilizing Artificial Speech Disturbance with Delayed Auditory Feedback”, Kazutaka Kurihara, Koji Tsukada, arxiv.org/abs/1202.6106 February 28, 2012.
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The 2012 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
Thursday, September 20—Sanders Theater, Harvard University | See: Improbable Research

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4 Responses to “Japan wins the 2012 igNobel Prize!”

1. MARKed TRAIL Says:
   September 21st, 2012 at 7:56 pm

   Learn more at the Japanese researchers’ website…
   ..
   https://sites.google.com/site/qurihara/top-english/speechjammer

2. YK Says:
   September 21st, 2012 at 11:18 pm

   ‏
   Heard in Japan:
   No you don’t have to be Japanese to win the Ig Noble, but we’ve won 6 years straight including this year.

3. taru hanonline Says:
   October 11th, 2012 at 12:30 am

   Right now i just read about one w0man, who get N0bel prize for economics… Someone here knows for which woman i talking about:)?

4. Taro Says:
   October 11th, 2012 at 8:05 am

   …just read about one w0man, who get N0bel prize for economics… Someone here knows for which woman I’m talking about:)?

   Yep.

   Only Woman to Win Nobel Prize in Economics— WSJ.com | June 12, 2012

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