Electric Fork Simulates a Salty Flavor By Shocking Your Tongue (med.news.am)

An anonymous reader writes: It's common knowledge that excess sodium can be detrimental to one's health. So researchers in Japan have built a prototype electric fork that uses electrical stimulation to stimulate the taste of salt. The battery-powered fork was engineered and designed at the University of Tokyo's Rekimoto Lab. It features a conductive handle that completes a circuit when the tines make contact with a diner's tongue, electrically stimulating their taste buds. The prototype fork, which was built from just $18 worth of electronics, creates a sensation of both salty and sour, and has adjustable levels of stimulation.

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It is also known..

[thesupraman]

That not enough sodium in your diet can be detrimental to one's health.
And more importantly, not enough Iodine, depending on location, can be pretty bad also.

Bring on the Iodised salt!

Come on people, is it that complicated? everything in moderation, and a well rounded and balanced diet?

Of course, if they can invent a Chocolate fork... I suspect they will do well.