Scientists Create FLOATING Food That Tastes Sweeter In Mid-air

FORGET forks, there's now a way to make your food float into your open gob. Scientists have successfully tuned high-frequency sound waves to make food float. Floating food actually tastes sweeter, the experts found, and they are able to make food pairings float in order, like a piece of cheese with a drop of red wine. For now, only pea-sized blobs are able to levitate.

But that's no bad thing, as the thought of an out of control flying tikka masala doesn't sound like a great idea. Scientists at the University of Sussex, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, created the contactless food-delivery system dubbed "TastyFloats". Heston Blumenthal pioneered scientific cooking in Britain with his use of liquid nitrogen and "molecular gastronomy". It's hoped the machine will allow chefs to offer customers "new culinary experiences" and it could also be used in gaming, virtual reality and cinema.

Lead researcher Dr Chi Thanh Vi, a Research Fellow in Multisensory Experiences at the University of Sussex, said: “Chefs across the world have become increasingly fascinated by exploiting novel technologies. “Indeed, most of us are familiar with molecular gastronomy, where the physical and chemical make-up of food is changed to deliver new taste experiences. How did they make food float,

Scientists used low-cost ultrasonic transducers to form a standing wave of ultrasound. The waves are manipulated in such a way that they act as "acoustic holograms", creating invisible shapes that trap the object in place in mid-air. By changing these patterns, the food can be carried along on the wave and delivered to a precise location.

Dr Chi Thanh Vi found that TastyFloats had an effect on users' taste perceptions. Those who ate the food - by sticking their tongue out to catch the crumbs or droplets - said that bitter foods became less so. The technology can be fine-tuned to such a degree that it can even deliver food in a certain order, such as cheese followed by wine, or together, such as espresso with milk. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team,

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