From RT.com…
The device, named Taste the TV (TTTV), has recently won two awards for innovation. It involves a carousel of 10 flavor sample tubes that get mixed to recreate the taste of a particular food and then sprayed onto a transparent film roll over the screen ready for a user to try. Flavors include sweet, sour, spicy, and savory, with current test demonstrations offering a ‘food menu’ and ‘alcohol’ tasting.
A Japanese professor has created a TV that can be tasted. This prototype lickable screen can imitate food flavors https://t.co/JWVhiTRtHt 📺 pic.twitter.com/5GxiDd0lYu
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 23, 2021
“The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home,” Miyashita, who works in the faculty of Comprehensive Mathematics at Tokyo Meiji University, said, as quoted by Reuters.
