[Our man in washington]

All three of these geniuses did their work in private industry. Take that, socialists!

[mountainlion]

Didn’t Owl Gore get an honorable mention?

[grey_whiskers]

When do the people who invented spam emails and porn-popups get their IgNoble prize?

Cheers!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That made the internet and Digital cameras possible...and the Hubble space telescope.

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, dudes.

[martin_fierro]

Meanwhile, over at the Ig Nobel Awards...

[Jacquerie]

These three did more for the good of society than every rat congressman, senator or president these past 70 years. This is the sort of people that should be lauded, not the likes of the Pig Kennedy (D-Hell)

[SES1066]

Three USofA Citizens although 2 of them had 'shared' citizenships, Kao with the UK and Boyle with Canada.

Fiber Optics alone caused Paul Ehrlich to lose a bit of money and prestige. Until Fiber Optics came along, the cheapest information transmission were made of copper. In 1980 Julian Simon bet Paul Ehrlich that the price 5 commodities (selected by Ehrlich), including copper, would drop rather than significantly increase as Paul Ehrlich (Population Bomb) predicted. Ehrlich conceded in 1990 and paid a check of $500+ that was the inflation adjusted price drop over the decade.

I thank the other two for my digital camera that cannot function without 'Charge Coupled Devices' (CCDs). As difficult as it is to believe, Kodak made the very FIRST Digital Camera. The fact that my current camera is a Canon speaks to their success.