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Scientists create electric lollipop that lets you taste virtual reality flavors

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 03, 2024
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VIrtual reality lollipop generates nine realistic tastes - from sweet cherry to foul durian - using electrical pulses to push flavors onto your tongue. Credit: Yiming Liu

Virtual reality has mastered visual and auditory experiences, and even made progress in touch and smell, but taste has remained an elusive frontier — until now.

Researchers have created …

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