Japanese professor wins Ig Nobel prize for study on knob turning
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from on (#63PAQ)
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It is one of life's overlooked arts: the optimal way to turn a knob. Now an investigation into this neglected question has been recognised with one of science's most coveted accolades: an Ig Nobel prize.
After a series of lab-based trials, a team of Japanese industrial designers arrived at the central conclusion that the bigger the knob, the more fingers required to turn it.
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