wine tasting robot thinks people taste like bacon

September 29th, 2006 comments (9) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

While NEC was showing off their cute little robot, capable of “tasting” wines (using its built-in) photospectrometer to the Associated Press, they got just a little more than they bargained for…

Robot With Poor Sense of Taste

When a reporter’s hand was placed against the robot’s taste sensor, it was identified as prosciutto. Subesequently, a cameraman was mistaken for bacon.

I guess that Old Glory robot insurance might come in handy afterall.

[via Collision Detection via Engadget ]

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comments (9):

  1. Graham says:

    Are you sure the camera man wasn’t an undercover cop?!!!

  2. Alex says:

    Sounds about right – I remember reading an article about a tribe of cannibals that referred to humans as ‘long pigs’ due to the taste… This would seem to corroborate the theory.

  3. Steve says:

    Mmmm, bacon…

  4. William White says:

    OINK OINK OINK

  5. GhostSurfer says:

    BACON …. Sounds good enough ha ha ….

  6. taromaru says:

    Papero?s so lovely

  7. Corona says:

    Donner party – “Mmmmmmmm……..unexplained bacon…..”

  8. unangbangkay says:

    PUSH BUTTON

    RECEIVE BACON

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