taste

Brain's taste secrets uncovered

Posted in Medicine on 10th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The brain has specialist neurons for each of the five taste categories, salty, bitter, sour, sweet and umami, US scientists have discovered.

Tongue electrode lets you taste virtual food

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

What if you could plug into your Oculus Rift and not only interact with food in a virtual environment, but also actually taste it?