Everyone will have had the experience of watching a video of delicious food on TV and staring at the screen with their fingers in their fingers saying, "That dish, I want to taste it here now ...".

A dream-like device that fulfills such wishes, the "Digital Taste Interface" that reproduces the taste by electrical stimulation , has been developed at the National University of Singapore. The British media The Telegraph reports.


"Digital Taste Interface" is a device that reproduces human taste by digitally controlled electrical stimulation. It seems that the "taste" such as "salty", "sweet", "sour", and "bitter" that you feel with your tongue is reproduced by electrical stimulation. The device also reproduces "taste" by utilizing subtle temperature changes that affect taste.

Research has been conducted to "taste" TV images, but it has always been a series of failures because it was trying to reproduce the "taste" using "chemical substances" that are difficult to store and operate. On the other hand, in this research, electricity is used instead of "chemical substances", so it is possible to reproduce digital "taste".

With this device, you will be able to "taste" the food on your TV, interact with your taste buds in computer games, and "share" your meals on the Internet. That's right.



Dr. Ranasinghe, an engineer at the university, is also considering the possibility of using the "Digital Taste Interface" in health management, and is currently developing a "digital candy" that allows you to enjoy "sweetness" without worrying about tooth decay or weight gain. It seems that it is being advanced. With this, diabetics may be able to enjoy sweets without raising blood sugar, he said.