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Ms Nic Svenson is such a comedian, she's blinking in this photo, jovially reflecting the work they did on how many photos need one take to get no-one blinking - the work for which they were awarded the Ig Nobel award.
Ms Nic Svenson (left) spoils a rather nice photo of Dr Piers Barnes.

CSIRO's Ig Nobel winners

Reference: 06/08
Dr Piers Barnes and Ms Nic Svenson of CSIRO discuss in this podcast being awarded an Ig Nobel for their research into photographing groups of people without them blinking. (7:07)


The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize in mathematics was awarded to Dr Piers Barnes and Ms Nic Svenson of CSIRO for figuring out how many photographs to take of a group of people to be confident of getting at least one where no-one’s blinking.

Ms Kylie Johnson speaks to the winners shortly after the award ceremony at Harvard University, in the United States of America.

Read more about CSIRO boasts Ig Nobel Laureates (Media release 6 Oct 06).

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