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Drinking from the Vocktail

Virtual cocktails hijack your senses to turn water into wine

3 November 2017

Using a combination of LEDs, electrodes and smelly gas, the Vocktail can simulate a variety of flavours to create digital drinks
Glasses of whisky

Artificial whisky taster has the palate of a connoisseur

8 June 2017

A technique involving fluorescent dyes can tell the age and origin of different spirits, and a fake from the genuine article – much like a whisky taster’s tongue

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