Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)9 A0 U& u0 @6 m7 k0 v
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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9 M$ V: N" I5 J公仔箱論壇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,bttvb4 }, F. S" i' [* I$ l: c. e: [ @
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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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.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。# w4 V6 J7 D' G8 T. b( D
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed., i. q1 F! {2 D# q" X
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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.( C) _5 O, P0 I8 t3 [0 Y
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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.
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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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3 V+ @* {! [8 H/ B4 mos.tvboxnow.com'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。- {/ v! g3 E' k
$ t+ a+ d% ?% [0 u, _) qtvb 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.公仔箱論壇% n; T5 B% t, k+ _
G# A1 `4 T" }; x" KSmith, 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.os.tvboxnow.com9 Z8 t5 H5 r% D; d4 X: |1 N
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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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'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'os.tvboxnow.com: g3 z7 f* [8 S7 d/ @$ X2 ^' k. O5 a
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1 i8 }3 Y7 ]9 e1 |" b. |8 ^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 chipstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 w) t" w( [* m, G
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2 ?7 C% t+ N; n: C: G; kos.tvboxnow.comThe 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?
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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$ s( o5 h6 Y0 U V/ ~. U) {os.tvboxnow.com'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.公仔箱論壇& ?1 X6 U2 O* I1 j; n
2 j1 A/ H9 Z1 ?6 a/ ^5 b; d* r+ G$ kos.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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( y1 q/ v/ g8 \' q. z. PThe 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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6 Z: S* U* R5 N" s: I DThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.6 l+ ?- I/ \8 E2 S2 L8 L! f
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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, L4 k1 ^6 Z6 i2 q: H: m- m'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!)'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 [2 W, d' l* o* u8 f
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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4 F6 S. B4 V* k( ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor 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.+ c0 I3 G1 d6 d# V. v# c+ ]
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futuretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 {9 w' O$ Z0 S) Z
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* \9 K: E9 ?' p5 x t7 M! }0 {tvb 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 DROPtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" W$ h% m# r8 b. n3 h: V
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?( j% I3 c: |! y% ?
/ j2 |. l; o0 `$ u' s8 KThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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8 Y9 F3 Y' A/ V% {9 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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( A; y* b; b: P: t' {/ G公仔箱論壇Or, 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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& c3 ~+ a8 B+ |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。Heinz 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'.公仔箱論壇7 F; U' {% a! J
+ r* E* m: j% k- dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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8 J/ Z5 j& n3 m4 D7 w# q, AWhen 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.
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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