Electric Spoons, Chopsticks May Help Cut Salt — VOA Learning English
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Researchers in Japan say they will begin selling new devices that will help people reduce how much sodium, or salt, they use to improve the taste of their food.
The developers are from Japan’s Meiji University and drink company Kirin based in Tokyo.
One new device is an electric spoon. It uses a small computer worn on a person’s arm to send electrical signals to activate sodium atoms. The developers say the signals increase the food’s salty taste.
The Electric Salt Spoon will sell in Japan for around $120 beginning in June. Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita developed the spoon and a similar device, electric chopsticks. The chopsticks will likely go on sale next year.
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