Japanese Scientist Builds World's 1st Lickable Screen, Lets Users Taste Flavours

Do you wanna taste your TV? Japan has invented a lickable screen to imitate food flavours.?

Developed by a Japanese professor and called "Taste the TV (TTTV)", the device was developed to recreate the taste of a particular food. For germaphobes like me, this is a complete nightmare. But for people who find hard to control their cravings, just creating a sensory imitation of that taste may quell over consumption.

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World's first lickable food experience

The creator, Homei Miyashita, from Meiji University in Tokyo claims that the lickable film is hygienic. Using TTTV, a user chooses from a carousel of 10 flavour canisters to create the taste of a particular food item. Then, the viewer can simply lick it off the screen.

Miyashita told The Guardian that this can help enhance the way people connect with each other in the era of Covid-19.

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“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,” he said.

All this sounds good, but we have serious concerns with the lickable screens and whether it would be counterproductive.

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What does it cost?

The TTTV prototype was made by Miyashita in collaboration with 30 students who produced a series of flavour-related devices. They've also made a fork that makes food taste richer. Now that's an invention we can get behind.

The TTTV prototype was built over this year and its commercial version would cost about $874.57 (100,000 yen).?According to Miyashita, it may be used for distant learning and for tasting games and quizzes.?

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Citation

Reporter, G. S. (2021b, December 24). Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours. The Guardian.?