Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 880 Sat. November 18, 2006       StarTech Bot tastes the new Beaujolais Japan's NEC System Technology researcher Kaori Kobayashi demonstrates the company's Sommelier Robot to determine the brand of wine with an infrared sensor and to give advice as to what dish would taste the best with it at NEC's laboratory in Ikoma city in Nara prefecture, western Japan, on October 3. Japan is set to crack open another record batch this year of Beaujolais Nouveau as even robots take part in the country's growing love affair with wine. PHOTO: AFP