<p>Japanese researchers have developed a new talking fork that speaks different words and plays bizarre sounds while a person eats.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The fork contains a micro controller, a speaker, amplifier and battery within it's handle, and generates a variety of sounds depending on the type of food being eaten.<br /><br />The sounds are apparently generated by the resistance value of the food as it is bitten off the fork – the noise it produces as she eats a chicken nugget sounds remarkably similar to a chicken clucking, the 'Daily Mail' reported.<br /><br />The fork is the concept of a research group from the Ochanomizu University in Tokyo.<br /><br />A video about the instrument shows a woman enjoying bites of numerous types of foods as the fork produces some rather odd sound effects and even speaks to her.<br /><br />When the lady in the video tucks in to a piece of tempura the fork proclaims "Garigori" and "shori" while a stick of cheese produces the word "Paku".<br /><br />Apparently longer pieces of food will cause the fork to produce multiple sounds and words while they are eaten.<br /><br />As the lady licks ice-cream off it, it produces a rather high pitched and fast spoken "pakupaku".<br /><br />Researchers from the Ochanomizu University in Tokyo aimed to inspire people to try different types of food and encourage a more varied diet, the report said.<br /><br />They also suggest the fork be used as a communication tool for couples</p>
<p>Japanese researchers have developed a new talking fork that speaks different words and plays bizarre sounds while a person eats.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The fork contains a micro controller, a speaker, amplifier and battery within it's handle, and generates a variety of sounds depending on the type of food being eaten.<br /><br />The sounds are apparently generated by the resistance value of the food as it is bitten off the fork – the noise it produces as she eats a chicken nugget sounds remarkably similar to a chicken clucking, the 'Daily Mail' reported.<br /><br />The fork is the concept of a research group from the Ochanomizu University in Tokyo.<br /><br />A video about the instrument shows a woman enjoying bites of numerous types of foods as the fork produces some rather odd sound effects and even speaks to her.<br /><br />When the lady in the video tucks in to a piece of tempura the fork proclaims "Garigori" and "shori" while a stick of cheese produces the word "Paku".<br /><br />Apparently longer pieces of food will cause the fork to produce multiple sounds and words while they are eaten.<br /><br />As the lady licks ice-cream off it, it produces a rather high pitched and fast spoken "pakupaku".<br /><br />Researchers from the Ochanomizu University in Tokyo aimed to inspire people to try different types of food and encourage a more varied diet, the report said.<br /><br />They also suggest the fork be used as a communication tool for couples</p>