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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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012TVBNOW 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 m" U" g$ u" U l# Q! z
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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.; r y& t g" _
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.公仔箱論壇) @" f& \' Q: j
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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.
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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.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。2 f7 n/ c! f% _: F
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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.* V. t* j7 @) B! d, r( u9 }
9 f# X. r6 A; d) m& _7 d公仔箱論壇'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.- m$ P5 G1 @% s0 W
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'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.
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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.8 q% q: ^. s& E: H- n4 y6 I* l3 s3 h
C* ]; e* ~! f. Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'/ D( W$ R4 g6 C) c
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. E2 G* ^" Z5 t: oFor 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, |4 T& j7 } O) n4 ?8 W
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5 o5 Q" U% `4 z公仔箱論壇The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...1 v; r& c* V% p. Z. W: e# }3 I" l
1 U9 ]/ M9 C* S2 Kos.tvboxnow.comSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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1 P; q! r0 W4 F. K9 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"公仔箱論壇! Q+ U! N6 v5 C \
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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'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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: W d0 V( Z, nos.tvboxnow.comThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, a8 z2 d e3 m
5 c- p C5 I7 h4 o1 Y" r8 I. P; n公仔箱論壇The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together./ _# g* t, V1 g( F
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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) u4 }2 I$ _" ]$ R' r5 c'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!)'4 R4 O2 e( ~4 e; N+ S0 K
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# P9 w6 k) \) H' a/ u$ D Z4 l
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/ z( j" \& ?7 sos.tvboxnow.comTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futuretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) H$ J( N9 d1 ~
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& o8 S0 ?, H& G) a3 C2 s5 ^os.tvboxnow.comNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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" U/ x9 u, Y4 e' @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
( M. ^( t0 C3 a, X3 t: B$ S$ G- tTVBNOW 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。So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?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。6 f3 r# D, R5 W/ K7 g
% F4 C7 c2 `! g9 S7 }% j6 n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.: U3 w8 g1 K- |5 `7 c
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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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2 r, g+ m6 _- O/ t2 ros.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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 c4 f' y! I- z) g
7 x$ n$ W, j% K" m' g* r2 cHeinz 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 v! D9 n1 F4 x) ^& C
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'' M1 v& q4 ?$ P8 c
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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,bttvb$ l( [ x+ s9 B, K0 ?6 S* A
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And 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。, |. @" r$ `4 T9 w
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