The power of taste - without eating food

Scientists have made an “electronic tongue” that lets you taste food without eating it. It’s called e-Taste and it has a thin strip for the mouth attached to a small cube. When sensors in the cube detect food, liquid chemicals flow into the mouth through tinytubes. These chemicals give five tastes: sodium chloride for salty, citric acid for sour, glucose for sweet, magnesium chloride for bitter and glutamate for umami. It could have lots of uses, including to boost virtual reality experiences. Enjoy these stories? Find more in this month’s The Week Junior Science+Nature magazine sciencenature.theweekjunior.co.uk…

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