Holding page for all digital taste and flavour simulation/augmentation projects that I have had the opportunity to work on. These include – VirtuFlavour (TechLaunch, NUS Institute for Engineering Leadership), Flavour Augmenting Utensils (NUHS Centre for Innovation in Healthcare), Digital Taste, Virtual Lemonade and Virtual Sweet.
Patents
Jain, P., Chow, W. T., & Yen, C. C. 2019. Electrode Design For The Delivery of Electrical Stimuli to Elicit Gustatory Perception. SG Non-Provisional Application No. 10201910977Y.
Ranasinghe, N., Yan, L., Lin, L. Y., Jain, P., Tolley, D., Karwita, S., Ngyuyen, T. N. T., Yen, C. C., & Do, E. Y. L. 2017. Augmenting Flavors with Virtual Taste, Smell, and Color Sensations. US Provisional Patent No. 62/472,777.
Press
2020 NHK World Premium TV (Japan), Tokoro-san, It’s an Incident!
2018 Galileo TV (Germany), “Neues Wunderbesteck verspricht Salzgeschmack auf Knopfdruck”
2017 Galileo TV (Germany), “Limonade per App: Mit diesem geraet kannst du geschmack verschicken”
- 2017 Reuters, “Singapore researchers turn water into ‘virtual lemonade’ but is it tart enough?”
2017 Today, “NUS researchers invent way to ‘teleport’ drinks over the Internet”
2017 New Scientist, “Virtual lemonade sends colour and taste to a glass of water”
2017 BBC, “Sipping on virtual lemonade, has the future arrived?”
2017 The Straits Times, “Singapore researchers turn water into ‘lemonade'”
2017 Science Magazine, “Are we about to start sharing taste through the internet?”
2017 Fox News, “Scientists demonstrated how you can send lemonade over the internet”
2017 Engadget, “You can share the taste of lemonade through the internet”
2017 Channel NewsAsia, “Singapore researchers turn water into ‘virtual lemonade'”
2017 ACM TechNews, “Virtual Lemonade Sends Color and Taste to a Glass of Water”
2017 Futurism, “Now, You Can Send Lemonade Over the Internet”
2017 CNET, “Singapore scientists teleport lemonade over the internet”
2016 Futurism, “Now You Can Taste And Chew In Virtual Reality”
2016 New Scientist, “Face electrodes let you taste and chew in virtual reality”
2016 Discovery/Seeker/Science Channel, “Sweet! Virtual Food Has Real Taste Now”