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Using Infrared Cameras To Find Tastiness of Beef

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-use-a-fork dept.

JoshuaInNippon writes "Might we one day be able to use our cell phone cameras to pick out the best piece of meat on display at the market? Some Japanese researchers seem to hope so. A team of scientists is using infrared camera technology to try and determine the tastiest slices of high-grade Japanese beef. The researchers believe that the levels of Oleic acid found within the beef strongly affect the beef's tenderness, smell, and overall taste. The infrared camera can be tuned to pick out the Oleic acid levels through a whole slab, a process that would be impossible to do with the human eye. While the accuracy is still relatively low — a taste test this month resulted in only 60% of participants preferring beef that was believed to have had a higher level of Oleic acid — the researchers hope to fine tune the process for market testing by next year."

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  1. Go Vegan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Human being are herbivores. Go vegan!

    1. Re:Go Vegan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      -1, incorrect

    2. Re:Go Vegan by FooAtWFU · · Score: 2, Funny

      We'd go on a vegan diet, but the delivery time from Vega is too long.

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    3. Re:Go Vegan by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'd consider it unfair to take away the food of my food.

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    4. Re:Go Vegan by chibiace · · Score: 1, Funny

      plants are alive too you murderer!

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  2. Oleic acid. by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's what's for dinner. Tonight.

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  3. Yay by plague911 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is an example of people using science to the fullest of our ability. Times like this make me proud to be a member of the human race

  4. Re:Marbling good. Greasy bad by mrmeval · · Score: 2, Funny

    The bacterial steak recipe sounds like some ant-meatist trying to kill stupid people. I salute them for trying to get the stupid out of our collective gene pool.

    Maayte Maayte Maayte it's Whot we want to aayte.

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  5. Re:not to be a grammar nazi... by oldhack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stupid grammar nazi.

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