Towards the development of an "electronic sense of taste"

last updated: February 01, 2001

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This is a partial listing of some of the news articles that have appeared concerning the development of an "electronic sense of taste" or "electronic tongue" by our research groups here at the University of Texas at Austin. Due to copyright restrictions, some of these articles may be available only by special request.

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• Jay Leno's monologue on the NBC Tonight Show, 10/29/98!
  • audio only via RealAudio (this is small, only 24k).
• ABC National News: World News Tonight, Friday, March 5, 1999, High Tech Taste Tests, ABC NEWS correspondent Gina Smith reports on taste buds not found in any mouth.
  • a version of this story on ZDNet: The Electronic Tongue, March 23, 1999.
  • RealVideo, low quality, 800K total file size
  • RealVideo, medium quality, fairly big file, 5.2M, so you need a fast connection to get this one!!
• CNN Science and Technology Week, Jan. 23, 1999 edition; also featured in CNN Sci-Tech section, Jan. 27, 1999: "An electronic tongue on a chip detects flavors and chemicals in liquid," Ann Kellan reporting.
  • text story , direct from CNN; the video links on this page are active.
  • RealVideo, low quality, total file size
  • RealVideo, medium quality, fairly big file, 3.9M, so you need a fast connection to get this one!!
• audio: BBC World Service (radio), The Works, week 46, 1998 (about a 4 minute interview, RealAudio file, 525K).
• audio: Wendy Nelson, Producer-West Michigan Bureau, Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Grand Rapids, MI., THE ELECTRONIC TONGUE, Week of December 7, 1998, url: http://www.outreach.umich.edu/audio/GLRC/Public/html/archive/1998/december98/dec7_n3.html .
  • if that link fails, try this one .

• "They've got it licked," by William Wood and Lila Guterman, New Scientist, July 18, 1998, pp. 10.
• D. Stanley, "UT scientists engineer a tiny arbiter of taste : Electronic tongue could test food for likely popularity and blood for cholesterol," Austin American Statesman, Sunday, July 26, 1998, B1, B6.
• R. Dagani, "Mimicking the tongue," Chemical and Engineering News, vol. 76, pp. 12, 1998.
• Becky Richie, "Researchers taste success with electronic tongue," University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering News, Oct. 26, 1998, http://www.engr.utexas.edu/comm/archive/oct98.htm .
• "Say 'ah'," Analytical Chemistry News & Features, pp. 567A, 1998.
• Science Daily, 10/31/98, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/10/981031175636.htm .
• Sweet success of artificial tongue, 11/2/98, Discovery Channel Canada .
• "Meet the Electronic Tongue," Kristen Philipkoski, Wired News, 11/3/98 .
• "Artificial tongue learns to 'taste' chemicals," by R. Colin Johnson, EE Times, 11/16/98, p. 67.
  • MEMS tongue mimics taste buds, by R. Colin Johnson, EE Times, 11/09/98, 3:31 p.m. EST.

• "Tastebuds on a Chip," by Henry Fountain, The New York Times, 11/24/98.
• "'Electronic Tongue' Offers a Taste of the Future," by Le Dye, Los Angeles Times, November 30, 1998 .
• "Siliziumchip mit Geschmackssinn," by Frank Groteluschen, Berliner Zeitung, 11/18/98.
• (in Korean): http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/199811/199811250340.html .
• D. Stanley, "Students savor prospects of marketing UT's tongue: Business students join in bid to market device to industry," Austin American Statesman, Sunday, Jan. 3, 1999.
• The Electronic Tongue Of Texas, CBS News, Jan. 4, 1999.
• L. Jacobson, "Artificial Tongue Has a Taste for Many Tasks," in The Washington Post. Washington, DC, 1999, pp. A09.
  • original url at the Washington Post .
  • copy via this server .
• S. Perkins, "Taste testing with an electronic tongue," in Science News, vol. 157, Feb. 19, 2000, pp. 126.
  • original via Science News .
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• Mike Fillon, "The New Bionic Man: Plastic muscles and silicon senses blur the line between man and machine," Popular Mechanics, February 1999.
  • original via Popular Mechanics web site.
  • copy via this server .
• Amanda Bronstad, "Biotech firm to hatch here," Austin Business Journal, March 27, 2000.
  • via Austin Business Journal web site.
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• "XL Vision likes UT tongue," Austin American Statesman, Monday, May 1, 2000, TechMonday/Section D, p. D1.
• UT researchers team wih XL Vision, press release, May 05, 2000
  • via dbusiness.com web site.
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• Labnetics sets up shop, May 15, 2000
  • via dbusiness.com web site.
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• Bob Sechler, U Of Texas Takes Start-Up Equity For Technology License, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones News Service, May 18, 2000.
  • copy via this server .
• UT takes equity in tech firm, May 19, 2000, Dallas Morning News
  • via Dallas Morning News web site.
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• Science Frontiers: Beyond Human Senses, The Learning Channel (TLC) Air Time(s) Eastern/Pacific Time: Jul 11 2000 9:00 PM
• Beyond Computers, Public Radio International radio show, Jan. 10, 2001, "Senses".
  • archive of programs, click on the Jan 10, 2001 link.