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 2012公仔箱論壇4 s4 T- W& b( m: M, p# x
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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.) ?6 Y9 B: G+ v6 _" a+ M1 ^
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.8 ?& V% b Q# [5 c" I
5 t p# o+ o1 a/ T公仔箱論壇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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! a8 s/ b" x9 O9 R2 b% UThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.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。: p: l* C9 S. f
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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.0 w) X; q1 t0 N% l5 J0 A2 `
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ O2 w$ ?. r7 y, Q6 e1 l
7 K# E/ ~ Y) D) jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; @) ]3 `. \" z1 V6 ~) E+ f E; E
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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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, F1 l1 d9 D% J公仔箱論壇Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.os.tvboxnow.com) e" n/ m9 A4 g/ U, ^( T+ E# D
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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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* F) s0 i h& `! Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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0 \1 \. ^8 T! s3 C7 b/ ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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6 N. W0 V! T- _3 U6 M4 G, N- Gtvb 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 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。0 b' J4 g& X b" w2 L* d. s
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+ Z( w5 K1 {5 cThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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2 I! u# A8 \! d. MSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?os.tvboxnow.com" v" }$ q6 A1 ~5 {. y; B
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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% o' [, m" u+ ]7 R'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.( Z& D4 h9 D, {) g5 D
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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.'1 q% s6 C' I3 |! K) d, P
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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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful. f) \0 P: @1 p% j7 x. U% L
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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.+ P; @ t2 K: F
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!3 {4 A4 s/ C6 s3 s
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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!)'
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future1 ~! a9 I/ a7 ^9 a9 C, a1 G
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2 S& {( o( G" O# Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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$ X* W v( k5 b, m4 Vos.tvboxnow.comThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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" E9 x, S S" e0 ^" j8 C4 LOr, 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.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。7 k& @+ ]) U( n; ]4 ~( A# U, H0 x
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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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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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$ X2 b2 `$ @+ w dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhen 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" j3 h* Y" W+ V( m+ \
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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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