Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)os.tvboxnow.com% J/ ?6 q3 @' `" Y
By Eddie Wrenn
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 V. z& v, j! j! ]5 Y9 P$ z
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.) W: g1 @, z' o; e6 p) A9 T
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. e. ^- M- U2 u6 _4 E: q9 ^The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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MIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.os.tvboxnow.com1 z) E5 X; V; q) k& {
* O: u/ t& U9 y4 d) t8 k: w' nBurger 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.7 X# Z# d7 B. b5 `7 I
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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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.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。, h1 |* ?$ Q+ e+ r
5 I- e% { ^7 ]5 a'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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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.% u$ {# l, p9 W
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'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.
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7 U' J0 H' G2 O d* A'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'
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For 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 chipsTVBNOW 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。4 i' L, C/ Z v9 f
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, C2 k4 G: S( x( u4 Y4 ~% }$ E# _4 aThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?9 g$ q7 C0 ]) T) t
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5 k6 J; ?4 N/ Y3 q) g! |os.tvboxnow.com'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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9 W6 y% E, T7 Q/ B J* Los.tvboxnow.com'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'
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The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.
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: h1 {7 ~$ {$ U9 f: O( N/ P! ros.tvboxnow.comThe 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。1 y5 W% q; } O- h. x6 i
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!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。% g3 O7 f6 H, G, Z6 D" J
) @4 @5 {5 w: T0 g2 |7 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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!)'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。- |" m* \1 h" h* d1 R% N7 I
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemos.tvboxnow.com7 n& Q! g6 m8 I: q$ [' L# V; C
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For 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., [1 q% X. ]2 p/ m
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future2 v. c) ~. F' |) A
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8 q' ~; C! @/ C3 W* e( Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP公仔箱論壇' P8 |' s0 j5 ]9 f/ ~
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.# k$ V; C J" u4 Z
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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.) ~1 s2 `, g$ k5 |; j0 O
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# m5 x* G4 R1 H! a" S9 Pos.tvboxnow.comHeinz 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'.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 \# W1 A' ]& k4 Z
' T- x/ o. |7 g3 V: C2 b% M5 l0 L& Oos.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.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。& B3 l" s& z' d+ |$ F6 _$ U: r
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