Robot says human tastes like bacon

A ROBOT which is designed to taste the flavour of wines, cheeses, meats amd things has come up with the slightly worrying conclusion that humans taste of bacon.

According to AP, the robot, which was designed by boffins at NEC System technologies and Mie University, says in a childlike voice what he has just been fed.

He does not so much taste it as analyse it, which means that he can tell what a wine is like without opening the bottle.

There was great applause from the assembled hacks at the new technology until a smart arse reporter stuck his paw in the robot's mouth. The robot chirped out that he tasted of bacon.

The snapper who was with the hack decided that he would give it a try and was promptly identified as prosciutto, which is dried ham.

While it is interesting to wonder what caused the flavour difference between the hack and his snapper, it is more alarming that a computer can now work out what you taste like to ten decimal places.

There are fears that if robots taste human blood they will turn into uncontrollable flesh eating machines. Although, if we taste like bacon they will probably spend the rest of their mechanical lives looking for HP sauce and eggs for a fry up.

Traditionally humans are supposed to taste similar to chicken or pork. This was apparently told to early missionaries by Maori in New Zealand, usually before they ate them. The best bit of a human was the hand which used to curl up when it was cooked in the fire. µ

L'INQ
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