A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavors, another step towards creating a multi-sensory viewing experience reut.rs/3JdeG9I 1/5
The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), uses a carousel of 10 flavor canisters that spray in combination to create the taste of a particular food. The flavor sample then rolls on hygienic film over a flat TV screen for the viewer to try 2/5
In the COVID-19 era, this kind of technology can enhance the way people connect and interact with the outside world, said Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita 3/5 
Miyashita works with a team of about 30 students that has produced a variety of flavor-related devices, including a fork that makes food taste richer. He said he built the TTTV prototype himself over the past year and that a commercial version would cost about $875 to make 4/5
A Meiji student demonstrated TTTV for reporters. After a few tries, an automated voice repeated the order and flavor jets spritzed a sample onto a plastic sheet.
'It's kind of like milk chocolate,' the student said reut.rs/3JdeG9I 5/5
'It's kind of like milk chocolate,' the student said reut.rs/3JdeG9I 5/5
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