New 'Electric Tongue' Device Can Taste Wine
Spanish scientists have developed a portable "electric tongue" that can identify wine characteristics. "The device could be used to detect frauds committed regarding the vintage year of the wine, or the grape varieties used," says inventor Cecilia Jimenez-Jorquera. [via Engadget]
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2 Comments:
This is nothing new. There are several places of business in downtown Baltimore where you can buy somethng called an "electric tongue".
(I'm sorry I had to be the first)
RichardCrystal at 1:19PM on 08/06/08
Next, the French will invent an "electric mouth" to spit out any swill that is beneath their refined palate.
worldcupfever at 1:31PM on 08/06/08