Taste the TV

Japanese Professor Invents a lickable TV Screen called ‘Taste the TV.’ Image via Twitter @TheFshneye

Japanese professor develops TV you can LICK…and it tastes like real food!

A Japanese professor has developed a TV you can taste by licking the screen, thanks to canisters that spray flavours onto a ‘hygienic film’.

Taste the TV

Japanese Professor Invents a lickable TV Screen called ‘Taste the TV.’ Image via Twitter @TheFshneye

A Japanese professor has developed a TV you can taste…

Professor Homei Miyashita of Meiji University has created a prototype television named “Taste-the-TV” which allows users to lick their television screens and taste various food flavours.

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‘TASTE-THE-TV’ ON ‘HYGIENIC FILM’

According to a Reuters report, the television features 10 built-in canisters which spray flavourings onto a “hygienic film” over the screen which viewers can then lick.

The professor suggested the unique item could be used to train cooks or sommeliers remotely and estimated it would cost $875 (R13 605) if sold commercially.

Speaking to Reuters, he said:

“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.”

LICKABLE TV SCREEN COULD DEVELOP INTO ‘TASTE CONTENT’

He is reportedly in talks with manufacturers about other possible applications of the flavour-spraying technology, such as adding flavours to toast.

The professor envisages a world of downloadable “taste content,” and believes that in the era of COVID-19, the technology could enhance the way people connect with the outside world.

In the past, Professor Miyashita and his students have produced a range of devices related to taste, including “a fork that makes food taste richer”.

Journalists were shown a demonstration of the device by a student, who told the machine she wanted “sweet chocolate,” and after a few attempts, the order was sprayed onto the plastic film for her to taste.

In the report, she said:

“It’s kind of like milk chocolate.”

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