SCIENTISTS investigating some of the quirkiest conundrums have been honoured in the satiric award of lg Noble prizes, The Guardian has reported.
The Ig Nobel prizes for nutrition was won by Homei Miyashita from Meiji University and Hiromi Nakamura of the University of Tokyo for their research on electrified chopsticks and drinking straws.
"The taste of food can be changed immediately and reversibly by electrical stimulation, something that has been difficult to achieve with conventional ingredients such as seasonings," said Nakamura.
She said research had shown it was possible to enhance the saltiness of foods using electrical stimulation of the tongue.
Focusing on the other end of the digestive system, the Ig Nobel prize for public health was awarded for the development of a smart toilet that uses various technologies to monitor human waste for signs of disease, and an anal-print sensor to identify the user.
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