Glasgow University researchers have made a bionic tongue which can tell the difference between Glenfiddich, Laphroaig, Glen Marnoch and between different vintages of each brand sampled at the ages 12, 15 and 18. The researchers exploited the optical properties of gold and aluminium to construct the tongue. Sub-microscopic slices of the two metals, arranged in ...

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