Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)+ }8 T* f; [- U0 x& q
By Eddie Wrenn
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, X6 c, D% v) ?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.) k" J ]1 Z% X/ t" B4 e# W( y1 B
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.公仔箱論壇& F: W9 p$ T( f( m/ r
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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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; ]% _: Z a1 |' rMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Y" P5 @5 m4 u# H I
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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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# f; T0 h# _; T! {. T公仔箱論壇'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.
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M; d2 k$ w( P: Z- M公仔箱論壇'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.'/ }8 ] D# d% D \/ m
+ T/ b) l4 h8 r2 {; `. HNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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/ v% l: B }, {0 R8 D u8 `% CTVBNOW 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。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.os.tvboxnow.com# ]0 s5 W/ z4 m& D/ z8 x4 p
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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.os.tvboxnow.com2 ?, X( u+ O5 D8 h
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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.'
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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。! B' H2 f0 E' Q$ e* W
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: |! L+ `; R0 sThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...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。) n' h; G4 [: Q3 {7 ^6 {7 V
! I8 x8 o D4 H8 o j# }6 B( qos.tvboxnow.comSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.os.tvboxnow.com( |5 a6 o9 Z" ?. n
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'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'+ V9 l$ h/ j) }- `& E
$ V2 m8 U& |( _( cThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.公仔箱論壇 R- ]% W) P& T7 Q- c
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! v9 q$ E. g C5 [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.5 _/ o2 j' b: @5 s' a2 o% Z
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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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'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!)'
) F. N9 r6 C F8 J, f, G2 i+ dDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem7 M8 m; s" p, K) L7 v
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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.os.tvboxnow.com% B6 L7 n$ `. O8 {% S) B% I
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0 K$ w' T; i% r' z. Q# MNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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- u8 C. \- L( h* n. K& kHOW TO GET THE LAST DROPTVBNOW 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。# w* s% `$ \3 [. ~
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?os.tvboxnow.com; c- u8 Y2 }1 C) w4 ~* G
) S m4 {. e7 O" Q, q- E$ q% `- sos.tvboxnow.comThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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% O/ Z8 b. G" X& H& v. @There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 d* O& c4 {( m0 b6 |
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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.os.tvboxnow.com' j1 I; n- j/ s' |* \6 {4 A' j
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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'.
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, i7 l% V6 ?/ f4 W6 M( A' h6 K: h'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.
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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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