The video shows other ways the TTTV could be used. For instance, you could add flavouring to toast or crackers, or make one food taste like something else entirely.
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The canisters can spray different flavours, which mix them together to create the desired taste profile.
Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita fills flavour canisters as he demonstrates Taste the TV (TTTV), a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate the flavours of various foods, at the university in Tokyo, Japan, December 22, 2021. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Miyashita told Reuters the device could also be helpful for distance learning classes for cooks or sommeliers, or could be used for tasting games and quizzes.
One Meiji student demonstrated TTTV for reporters, telling the screen she wanted to taste sweet chocolate. After a few tries, an automated voice repeated the order and flavour jets spritzed a sample onto a plastic sheet.
“It’s kind of like milk chocolate,” she said. “It’s sweet like a chocolate sauce.”
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