This winter (at the height of flu season), I was using a public kiosk touchscreen and started thinking about how many microscopic monsters there probably were crawling over every square inch o’ that greasy ol’ thing. Now imagine LICKING it. That’s the idea behind the EUI, or Edible User Interface, and the TasteScreen system. A USB-controlled dispenser sits atop a PC monitor. It contains 20 taste cartridges that can be combined to create many different flavors. These flavors then drip down the screen where the user can lap ’em up. And you thought your screen got dirty with dust and fingerprints. Obviously not a serious UI (please, tell me it’s not serious), but a fun proof of concept.
[Via Gizmodo]