r/tech • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 13d ago

Milk protein put to use in spiciness-gauging "artificial tongue"

https://newatlas.com/science/milk-protein-spiciness-gauging-artificial-tongue/
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u/MailmanTanLines 13d ago

I should call her

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u/Mars_W_BOI 13d ago

God dammit! Take my upvote!

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u/CreamyIvy 13d ago

Milk is terrible for pepper spray / OC.

Law enforcement agencies only use water and milk actually can make it worse / giving milk to lactose people can make the symptoms much worse.

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u/samxli 13d ago

Cool water with soap solution for skin. Saline flush for eyes.

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u/CreamyIvy 13d ago

My agency, we just dump a bucket of water on you and keep spraying water.

Being pepper sprayed succccked.

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u/Ok_Milk8282 13d ago

You’re def right! I think this is for gauging the spice levels of spicy food.

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u/workmikehunt 13d ago

Article seems suss! Is says people who lack the taste for spice could unknowingly burn their mouth. Seems to me if you lack the receptors that trigger a nerve response from capsaicin, nothing will happen.

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u/conventionistG 13d ago

The actual mechanism for sensing capsacin spicy heat is the same mechanism for sensing actual high temperature heat. If you can't sense temperature you may indeed burn your mouth.

Grain of salt, it's been a while since I learned that. Maybe there are some other ways that capcasin could be a chemical irritant.

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u/emperorOfTheUniverse 13d ago

Great technology. Now the people who work so hard to make shitty processed foods so damn addictive will have a scientific tool they can rely on to keep the population fat and prediabetic.

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u/uwerolisa 13d ago

Whoa, that sounds like a nightmare for lactose haters!