Tasting and try wine with ... electronic blades

European scientists have invented a new handheld device - the "electronic blade", sensitive to sour, bitter, sweet, salty human tongue and capable of distinguishing genus, age and quality of wine.

Designed to control the quality of the wine, the device consists of six sensors that detect the substances and components typically found in a certain wine.

Like the human tongue, the "electronic tongue" is also susceptible to basic tastes such as: sour, bitter, sweet, salty.

Electronic blades can distinguish different types of wine. (Image: Rsc.org)

This device has the ability to taste these and then let you know the age of the wine and assert that the wine is real or fake.

"Electronic tongue" was invented by Cecilia Jiménez- Jorquera and colleagues from the Institute of Microelectronics Barcelona, Spain.

Experts in the wine industry told researchers they lacked a quick method of evaluating the quality of wines. It usually takes a long time for the samples to be sent to the central laboratory before the results are available.

Electronic blades not only measure the quality of alcohol but can also be pocketable; Production costs are not high and can be trained to "taste" new wines when needed.

"We can use this device to detect alcohol fraud, as well as the quality of the wine," Jiménez-Jorquera told The Associated Press. .