Imagine tasting a Michelin-starred dish from Tokyo while sitting in your kitchen in New York. Digital lollipops and taste synthesizers use electrical and thermal stimulation on the tongue to recreate primary tastes (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami) on demand, without containing calories or physical substance. Virtual Reality Banquets
Do not look for ethanol in these fantasies. The "intoxication" of Version 4.0 is cognitive, not chemical. The Intoxicating Flavor Version 4.0 Fantasies