Paul DeFanti

Paul DeFanti

Paul DeFanti is the recipient of the 1991 Ig Nobel Prize in the area of Pedestrian Technology "for his invention of the Buckybonnet, a geodesic fashion structure that pedestrians wear to protect their heads and preserve their composure." This makes him one of only three fictional people to have won the award. [ [http://www-tech.mit.edu/V111/N40/ignobe.40n.html Ig Nobel prizes debut] , "The MIT Tech", vol. 111, issue 40 ] DeFanti demonstrated his Buckminster Fulleresque invention at the awards ceremony. According to Bill Jackson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: [ [http://www-tech.mit.edu/V111/N41/jackso.41o.html "Ig Nobel prizes display wit, fun, drunks"] , "The MIT Tech", vol. 111, issue 41]

:There was a "spontaneous" demonstration of the device's effectiveness when a rather attractive woman stormed into the room, accompanied by a police officer. The woman declared that DeFanti had fathered her child. She attempted to hit him, but the Buckybonnet protected him.

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