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For the last 19 years, the IG Nobel Prizes have given out awards by honest-to-goodness Noble Prize winners at Harvard University.  So, what is an IG Nobel Prize exactly?  Well, it’s an award for an idea that first makes people laugh and then makes them think.  The goal is to honor imagination and celebrate the unusual all while spurring people’s interest in medicine, technology and science.

This year’s Public Health IG Nobel Prize went to Chicago-based Dr. Elena Bodnar.  Her invention is a bra that can be quickly converted into two gas masks should an emergency arise. Yes, this idea made me laugh, and it made me think.  My thought went to bra sizing.  It looks like it would work for a woman who’s about a C cup size.  But what if you’re only an A cup?  The mask wouldn’t have enough room for you to breathe.  And, if you are a DDD cup, it wouldn’t fit on your face!

Anyway, Dr. Bodnar actually demonstrated her invention at the Harvard event, and then gave every Nobel Prize Laureate in attendance one as a gift.

This isn’t the only strange lingerie invention I’ve come across lately. Let’s not forget the Horny Bra and the Husband-Hunting Bra or the lingerie made with balloons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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