Hmm
First para got me seriously interested (nip off and watch telly leaving elecro tongue etc etc) but it all went downhill from there.
Catalan and German boffins have developed a highly sophisticated "electronic tongue" which is expected to greatly increase the satisfaction people achieve during oral recreation activities. But don't worry, this isn't some kind of touchfree onanism device for the terminally lazy or multi-tasking boudoir loner* - in this case, we …
Not earth-shattering to say the least, but right in line with electronic noses to detect scents and perhaps dangerous substances, now there is an electronic tongue to apply the same principles to the sense of taste. Although its initial applications are commercial (to authenticate wines), it's not too hard to see its application extended to perhaps taste for toxic or contaminated drinks and so on.