Professor Creates Lickable TV Screen That Can Imitate Food Flavours

The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), has a carousel that holds 10 spray flavour canisters that will spray out in different combinations to create different flavours, clever, eh? 

The flavour sample is then rolled on a hygiene film over a screen where the viewer can give it a taste. 

He explained: “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.”

The current TTTV is just a prototype, but Miyashita reckons a commercial version would cost about £653 (100,000 yen) to make. An absolute bargain, if you ask me. 

A 22-year-old Meiji University student, who gave the machine a go to demonstrate how it works, told the device she wanted chocolate.

The machine then confirmed what she wanted and set about spraying it with the special flavour canisters. 

And it’s fair to say the student was impressed. She said: “It’s kind of like milk chocolate. 

“It’s sweet like a chocolate sauce.”

The machine could also be used to allow distance learning of sommeliers and cooks. 

The professor worked alongside a team of around 30 students to create all manner of items designed to make eating a more enjoyable experience, such as a fork that makes your food taste richer. Sign me right up for a dozen of them. 

He’s also been in talks with various companies about potentially using the flavour sprays to give a boost to a boring slice of bread, by, for example, making it taste like pizza or chocolate.

Someone needs to get this man a knighthood.