Can electric chopsticks change how food tastes?
Augmented gustation using electricity
Researchers wired up chopsticks and drinking straws with a tiny electric current to change how food tastes.
Ig Nobel 2023
The team built chopsticks and a straw that pass a very small, safe electric current through the food and into your tongue as you eat or sip.
The current can add or tweak taste sensations, a kind of “augmented reality” for flavour. One day your cutlery might come with a seasoning dial.
Salt shaker? Never heard of her. Pass the batteries.