Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
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Any ketchup fan will tell you: Getting that last dollop of the red stuff out of the bottle is a headache - and it normally just ends up in the bin.
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The MIT university team came up with LiquiGlide, a 'super-slippery' coating which makes the insides of the bottle so frictionless that the sludgy goo inside just slides out like water.os.tvboxnow.com8 \! K; [( O& ^4 ~4 g
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, _! X% m/ _2 ^: [( \' T7 \1 M% p
5 I/ B( e* [) h* P/ F o& YMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.
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Burger fan Smith said: 'We were really interested in - and still are - using this coating for anti-icing, or for preventing clogs that form in oil and gas lines, or for non-wetting applications like, say, on windshields.9 Q0 l/ P* Y& W) y
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.os.tvboxnow.com0 J: M1 r5 A8 V7 b1 `. ^4 i, B
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'Plus, most of these other applications have a much longer time to market - we realised we could make this coating for bottles that is pretty much ready. I mean, it is ready, as you can see.. P# w4 p2 ~, T) o% r( G3 I
- l# F( n/ P8 x+ z' j- otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'We had a limited amount of materials to pick from - I can’t say what they are, but we’ve patented the hell out of it.'
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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Smith, who is is pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering and a minor in entrepreneurship, and already holds nine patents, told the FastCo website: 'It was never really a personal pain point for me, but I do hate struggling to get sauce out of the bottles.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 K: r: e! A% [+ w* ]
8 S& U8 x. @) X0 W公仔箱論壇'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.: A- \$ m! o8 \4 q0 C* ?) [ n
/ r& W0 G. z# b: n5 x'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'os.tvboxnow.com# U. c5 J% M3 Q7 x- e
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' Y% m. N9 }6 p7 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who cannot see the video: See how the ketchup pours like milk towards the lip of the bottle, before landing neatly on your burger or chips
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5 H5 P; m, Z3 w3 k- p4 Nos.tvboxnow.comThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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, w* w, n x, e5 b8 c* p' @* y. Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?$ V( Q5 R( g! ~8 j+ Z
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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- N' T& \8 c9 \6 Y3 c/ r/ g'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'& c* q9 R9 Q+ ?: X. N$ L
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The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! b6 i/ @, T; i" x" b4 `: A
& A0 |2 E$ P5 g& C. Q. W# Wos.tvboxnow.com'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ g* Y' d% Z! b! _# H
% i) ] R( Q8 J% E0 a8 {os.tvboxnow.com'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'
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: \; _+ K6 e! m: i oFor example, you could drag and drop a picture file between all the different photo services without needing to re-upload and re-tag on each occasion.
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. R' J+ d, N8 u U
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ S8 R( G* u$ q' U5 o' x
1 J$ d0 H; D9 M公仔箱論壇There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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% F# `6 I1 ^3 W, _4 Los.tvboxnow.comOr, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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/ r4 Y' B! i r1 hHeinz recommends this tip: 'To release ketchup faster from the glass bottle, apply a firm tap to the sweet spot on the neck of the bottle - the '57'.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% X+ f6 @1 A: K: I8 O
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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When the bottle is completely full, a vacuum keeps the sauce intact - so use a knife to get the first bit out, and it will get easier after that.os.tvboxnow.com) `5 G+ l v) T' N" h
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& h% K& P: I5 U$ e& }- i
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