Article Photos: Dudley Herschbach, Koji Tsukada



<p>Koji Tsukada, left, fires his invention the "SpeechJammer" at 1986 Nobel Prize laureate for Chemistry Dudley Herschbach during a performance at the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The Ig Nobel prize is an award handed out by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine for silly sounding scientific discoveries that often have surprisingly practical applications. (AP Photo/)</p>

Koji Tsukada, left, fires his invention the "SpeechJammer" at 1986 Nobel Prize laureate for Chemistry Dudley Herschbach during a performance at the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The Ig Nobel prize is an award handed out by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine for silly sounding scientific discoveries that often have surprisingly practical applications. (AP Photo/)