2009年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2009年のイグノーベル賞は、パンダの糞の細菌で生ゴミを9割以上減量、テキーラからダイヤモンドを作ったこと、小さな銀行を巨大銀行に、またその逆にできる実証、同一人物と誤認された運転者への50枚超の交通違反切符など全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
パンダの糞の細菌で生ゴミを9割以上減量
Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu, and Zhang Guanglei of Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Sagamihara, Japan, for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced more than 90% in mass by using bacteria extracted from the feces of giant pandas.
- 受賞者
- Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu, and Zhang Guanglei of Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Sagamihara, Japan
- 分野
- 生物学部門
テキーラからダイヤモンドを作ったこと
Javier Morales, Miguel Apátiga, and Victor M. Castaño of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, for creating diamonds from liquid — specifically from tequila.
- 受賞者
- Javier Morales, Miguel Apátiga, and Victor M. Castaño of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- 分野
- 化学部門
小さな銀行を巨大銀行に、またその逆にできる実証
The directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks — Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland — for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa — and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy.
- 受賞者
- The directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks — Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland —
- 分野
- 経済学部門
同一人物と誤認された運転者への50枚超の交通違反切符
Ireland’s police service (An Garda Siochana), for writing and presenting more than fifty traffic tickets to the most frequent driving offender in the country — Prawo Jazdy — whose name in Polish means “Driving License”.
- 受賞者
- Ireland’s police service (An Garda Siochana)
- 分野
- 文学部門
紙幣に膨大な桁数を印刷して数に慣れさせたこと
Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers — from very small to very big — by having his bank print bank notes with denominations ranging from one cent ($.01) to one hundred trillion dollars ($100,000,000,000,000).
- 受賞者
- Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank
- 分野
- 数学部門
左手だけ指を鳴らし続けて関節炎の原因を調べた研究
Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California, USA, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand — but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand — every day for more than sixty (60) years.
- 受賞者
- Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California, USA
- 分野
- 医学部門
満杯と空のビール瓶ではどちらで殴られる方がましか
Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl of the University of Bern, Switzerland, for determining — by experiment — whether it is better to be smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle.
- 受賞者
- Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl of the University of Bern, Switzerland
- 分野
- 平和部門
妊婦がなぜ倒れないのかの解析
Katherine K. Whitcome of the University of Cincinnati, USA, Daniel E. Lieberman of Harvard University, USA, and Liza J. Shapiro of the University of Texas, USA, for analytically determining why pregnant women don’t tip over.
- 受賞者
- Katherine K. Whitcome of the University of Cincinnati, USA, Daniel E. Lieberman of Harvard University, USA, and Liza J. Shapiro of the University of Texas, USA
- 分野
- 物理学部門
緊急時に防護マスク2枚になるブラジャーの発明
Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee, and Sandra Marijan of Chicago, Illinois, USA, for inventing a brassiere that, in an emergency, can be quickly converted into a pair of protective face masks, one for the brassiere wearer and one to be given to some needy bystander.
- 受賞者
- Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee, and Sandra Marijan of Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 分野
- 公衆衛生部門
名前のある牛は多く乳を出すという証明
Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless.
- 受賞者
- Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
- 分野
- 獣医学部門