Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)os.tvboxnow.com2 c: z1 W. C( T1 j
By Eddie Wrenn
D! R3 d5 q- A公仔箱論壇PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& x: U# |. R% @, u0 y% e) ?
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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.
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: {7 {' G+ a4 {: dThe 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( u6 Y) f- Z! T9 U2 ]- |) Q
; |4 D3 [( @- k3 y公仔箱論壇The 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。2 P% V5 z* n/ w- z) A. P
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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.公仔箱論壇7 `: n+ M5 R- R- ]' O0 J. O
7 N B$ w/ }1 Q9 j3 B& o: A& e公仔箱論壇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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'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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'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.' t" [, m0 h6 p6 U, T! {
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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.os.tvboxnow.com! P" Y% Z& I6 J( ~
6 |3 z+ {( S* \5 ]: N; ~5 `+ P'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me. W; U3 }9 b8 O, }6 X5 Q4 _; U
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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 chips
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...os.tvboxnow.com" w* y9 u( }+ r! g
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?os.tvboxnow.com5 G' G& t- y" }1 Y) [4 r
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"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。 d, d% [ m: T' B, V# }' C$ B; I+ @
2 i0 b# j8 h5 e1 |1 M0 G* c'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. v( {: ~+ p4 J6 j* o6 w% _
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'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'
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The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.* S% l: x% w U6 S: p A
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 {+ o T1 l" _8 b- G; r
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!$ o% P5 ?0 y6 i) y7 C" q
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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!)'- D: t+ R) W& U" c }
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem公仔箱論壇% h: j) g7 ? V9 R4 X7 ~1 c m
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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* s1 T, g$ M M4 [5 i
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2 M1 y0 ^; D" K( X& X8 p/ o公仔箱論壇Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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4 M/ u" T, M% \$ h( B' ?3 [os.tvboxnow.comSo 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。7 c7 \+ y- z9 g! V/ l$ ~
9 p: c p8 N8 X) u \" T) Zos.tvboxnow.comThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.; a( Y n& u2 b6 n6 [1 v
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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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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.
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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.'0 D+ ~+ E3 b% r
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4 p% ?* }! Z+ V! Q7 p2 b6 V- P 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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