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' i0 z# f d) V+ o
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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.
2 y D& s6 j% X x! M) ?7 n' g& Pos.tvboxnow.comBut now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.公仔箱論壇. P9 S. E6 }, \) B6 D
3 B( \$ ~! `' D. tThe 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 q S$ z! e1 `/ {- Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.os.tvboxnow.com0 n4 y; L8 q) R
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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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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.公仔箱論壇. N: x0 U3 z( B$ c6 V& }4 G, {
0 u1 i" v# y, Z8 u B7 b9 w) W* jos.tvboxnow.com'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.公仔箱論壇! q1 S7 t. `! h
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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.3 o# Y3 _( D, j# Y5 c: x8 K# d9 q: p
; H" N/ E+ g1 L/ `os.tvboxnow.com'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.os.tvboxnow.com: y! j9 v0 y" V- c
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& b' P1 o* h" K! ~: C# u7 los.tvboxnow.com'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.os.tvboxnow.com, E/ m& i2 ~) O: e+ `: i0 `/ x
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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) y1 Z2 `3 N4 b) A, A; }# @- D( v: G9 ^
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# Y* ~* _, \9 t9 U7 vos.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 chipsos.tvboxnow.com) y( g4 i& o1 W: Q& R7 }& {! r
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( q! `8 g( F8 [5 e0 V) kos.tvboxnow.comThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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' D- S0 Q! @% {3 V, k' K" Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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0 W; b1 e# q- C) [0 W' utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'
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The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.公仔箱論壇1 A8 @, F4 Q9 Q c$ ~9 ]: b5 {
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( f$ b2 o ]2 b1 I
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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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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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6 B/ L9 p0 F0 J* O'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 @ n+ Y1 z+ Q" l2 m' c( p/ vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem: V' W* v Q/ o
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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( {* z0 w, ], m6 ?) y7 p
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
/ Q* H4 m" i+ v5 [* hSo while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?公仔箱論壇* K+ T; @8 u; r- [4 ~4 S
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* S/ |, K7 a: k
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0 Z6 K" e5 `$ B; Jos.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.os.tvboxnow.com1 f A! [/ m! o) Y- @4 e: z
2 {- G; n3 O4 ^6 A% V公仔箱論壇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'.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。! L7 }+ I3 G5 n' s6 S" i' m* m
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'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.6 P; a; |/ y/ ?+ K$ k% n! |
2 w$ n1 ?5 A& c: y8 Nos.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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