brunch
This came out months ago, but reading it in my woozy sleep-deprived state this morning was a good thing.*
"Researchers at NEC System Technologies and Mie University have designed a robot that can taste - an electromechanical sommelier able to identify dozens of different wines, cheeses and hors d'oeuvres."
"Some of the mistakes it makes would get a human sommelier fired - or worse. When a reporter's hand was placed against the robot's taste sensor, it was identified as prosciutto. A cameraman was mistaken for bacon. "
*I got here from Harper's Findings Jan 07
"Researchers at NEC System Technologies and Mie University have designed a robot that can taste - an electromechanical sommelier able to identify dozens of different wines, cheeses and hors d'oeuvres."
"Some of the mistakes it makes would get a human sommelier fired - or worse. When a reporter's hand was placed against the robot's taste sensor, it was identified as prosciutto. A cameraman was mistaken for bacon. "
*I got here from Harper's Findings Jan 07