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Electric soup cup that enhances salty taste

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/kirin-electric-cup-enhances-salty-taste/
4•geox•1mo ago

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gnabgib•1mo ago
Electric/salty:

Chopsticks (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31083853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31119672

Spoon (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40552850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42659051

Vpsteroski•1mo ago
Interesting. Apparently by sending small doses electric currents into the food in the cup, sodium ions enhances the food and makes it salty. Impressive.