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A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavours, another step towards creating a multisensory viewing experience.
日本一位教授发明了一个可舔式的电视屏幕样机，能够模拟各种口味，迈出了朝向多感官娱乐体验的又一步。
The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), uses a carousel of 10 flavors 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.
这个屏幕叫做“尝尝电视”Taste the TV（TTTV），内置含十种不同口味的传送罐，可以排列组合并喷出任意食物的味道。接着口味样品滚动出现在平板电视屏幕的卫生薄膜上，供观众老爷品尝。
“尝尝电视”内部喷涂装置
In the Covid-19 era, this kind of technology can enhance the way people connect and interact with the outside world, said Homei Miyashita, a professor at Meiji University in Tokyo.
在新冠猖獗的当下，这样的科技可以加强人们与外界的连接与互动，明治大学的Homei Miyashita教授这样说道。
“The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home,” he said.
他说：“我们的目标是让人足不出户就能收获在大洋彼岸某家餐厅用餐的体验。”
TASTE THE TV
Potential applications include distance learning for sommeliers and cooks, and tasting games and quizzes, he said.
该装置的潜在功能还包含远程学习品酒和厨艺，以及味觉相关的游戏和小测试，教授表示。
Miyashita has also been in talks with companies about using the spray technology for devices that can apply a pizza or chocolate taste to a slice of toasted bread.
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Miyashita还正在和几家公司商谈有关一种与喷涂技术有关的设施，可以实现在面包上添加披萨或巧克力的味道。
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Yuki Hou, 22, a student at Meiji University, demonstrated TTTV for reporters, telling the screen she wanted to taste sweet chocolate. After a few tries, an automated voice repeated the order and flavor jets spritzed a sample on to a plastic sheet.
22岁的明治大学学生Yuki Hou，向记者展示了“尝尝电视”，对着屏幕说她想要甜巧克力味，尝试了几次后，一个自动语音回应了她的点单，随后喷机在塑料薄膜上喷涂了一个样品。
“It’s kind of like milk chocolate,” she said. “It’s sweet like a chocolate sauce.”
“有点像牛奶巧克力”，她说“尝上去很甜，像巧克力酱一样。”
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Vocabulary
carousel
美 [ˌkerəˈsel]英 [ˌkærəˈsel]
n.（机场的）行李传送带
网络：旋转木马；轮盘
canister
美 [ˈkænɪstər]英 [ˈkænɪstə(r)]
n.罐；【化】滤毒罐；【军】榴霰弹筒；手枪
网络：金属罐；装运箱；油桶
sommerlier
网络：品酒师；酒侍
spritz
美 [sprɪts]英 [sprɪts]
n.水花
v.喷水
网络：多用喷雾；起泡
原文链接：
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/taste-the-tv-japan-invents-lickable-screen-to-imitate-food-flavours
编译 | 余梓骞
排版 | 余梓骞
