The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

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Shortly after banana was imported to North America in the mid-nineteenth century, it became common sense that banana skin is slippery and sometimes causes accidental slip [1]. Then, banana skin has been often referred as a slipping tool by literatures. Under this situation, anyone could not doubt the lubricating ability of banana skin and dare not measure the friction. The simple question how much value frictional coefficient under banana skin has not been answered, yet. There must be some academic interest in this quest