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
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4 A. y& X- C! Z' }7 B- T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.
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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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8 K M1 \/ ] F+ hos.tvboxnow.comThe 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。& `0 T' X# b5 g* u3 e+ T. I4 y: z
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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.
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1 G/ ?# d& x% i+ ?, i2 P8 XBurger 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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3 H1 E, t7 E7 X- [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.1 M/ J" I1 k7 M: c5 D
" Z# X, ~& K7 W1 K7 I8 {, v. `/ i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.'
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$ X( s3 l2 q7 J/ z8 QSmith, 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.' d9 d. H, h" \6 I. d
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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.公仔箱論壇* g+ u' \+ Q0 X a! r% V$ R0 `
3 a2 U+ ^1 G l$ \公仔箱論壇'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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/ c' }2 t. g/ cos.tvboxnow.comFor 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/ i" @' |# @: T% s* U) ], x7 ]
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- j1 E" d% Y0 F ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...os.tvboxnow.com6 \4 Z4 o6 c& N9 b) }# G$ y
$ T$ m0 I4 @# M" P4 Wos.tvboxnow.comSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?公仔箱論壇( }" U1 o2 Q' P3 p4 J2 n( Z& s& |
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"0 q* Z6 E" X f t6 Z- b
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.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) x8 T* g5 ]( Q
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. @9 K* n e' f m% r公仔箱論壇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 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.
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% e1 I/ [8 J# R! L! H/ Zos.tvboxnow.com'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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9 w6 Q5 J8 q& M: btvb 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!)'
1 t/ w4 K: b, x' aos.tvboxnow.comDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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- d& a3 R7 n, H; z5 sFor 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.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。, }: Z7 m, `0 @1 ~2 Q
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G8 j% Z* \* q+ `Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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9 A# Z3 ]+ @& x+ S6 {Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 X( v+ ~7 a6 ~+ w$ g
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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.1 |) j1 A( ]8 z* Z7 a7 c( E" t
8 `- [& j6 {! |7 D7 g9 |" R. 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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/ m7 d3 h. F1 k0 U! U* S4 E- ]os.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.公仔箱論壇1 } F( B. X) O( s
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ S2 F- Z+ ]( V9 B
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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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; E8 R: Y/ S2 p5 }! aos.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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