Ig Nobel Prize winner Daniel Bonn, together with colleagues Menno Demmenie and Stefan Kooij, celebrates the winter holiday season by playing with ice. They explain: “We love ice; not just because we are based in the Netherlands, where we yearn for skating on frozen canals, but also because of its fascinating physics. This December, we […]
Geoffrey Miller, who shared a 2008 Ig Nobel Prize, for research on lap dancers’ fertility and earning power, continues his relentless pursuit of knowledge. Professor Miller and several colleagues have come up with a new use for 3D printing. They tell all in the new study: “Women’s Preferences for Penis Size: A New Research Method Using Selection […]
The 3-D printing revolution gets most of the attention, but 3-D carving has already added a very real bite to modern healthcare. Dentists (and engineers) are leading the way. A considerable number of people are strolling the streets, smiling, chewing the fat, and eating lunch — sporting dental crowns made through a process of 3-D scanning and then 3-D milling. The […]
