Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)9 s1 \8 S l1 h4 z7 i
By Eddie Wrenn
2 Y" K! E6 `* {) F' w PPUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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! G2 h3 X; B- yos.tvboxnow.comAny 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.& p( J' r- A9 V# Q
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.os.tvboxnow.com) D( B- o3 e6 f" }( }) y
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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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% N [6 B( Q$ [* Y( Q( k3 vThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 R7 q" b. U9 ?) |! S- \; r
! ?- Q: Y% U- h( O; s3 H6 [9 } m7 ^+ C公仔箱論壇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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+ f5 |% e6 x t; f' D; Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBurger 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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) i7 x% ]# m3 V( D& F6 `& O& S'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.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, r c8 F$ d4 ]" k
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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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7 W& H" X7 w7 S% {& mSmith, 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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'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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'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'公仔箱論壇: D$ L$ x% c; ]9 h" p3 p
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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...
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?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。" L v# i5 s* R" E5 {6 I
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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'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.'os.tvboxnow.com3 J. S% r' p+ w7 O* g1 [* Q; c# m% e
( ?' }0 j2 w" c0 tThe 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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; J7 G# p; l- t; U7 i1 r% G4 w5 wThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.公仔箱論壇) R- B6 l) m* m8 L
& ?5 f2 W/ J% b7 j8 g" l& w! W$ ZThe 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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$ M: u; I3 [7 q# P) w公仔箱論壇'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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* t5 U/ y; g- r7 v" gos.tvboxnow.com'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# ~# }0 |2 V5 r- n8 G
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem公仔箱論壇 f0 Q; o# @4 }1 D* \) D+ S. u
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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.
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future8 g) G5 E; Q" i- M- V; e
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4 u6 K& [2 E& f. e+ E" a7 Qos.tvboxnow.comNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideos.tvboxnow.com; Y! ]$ j" d, P; V
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6 u3 j0 \8 w* I; _) h4 H公仔箱論壇There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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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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; Y2 A1 I1 _! O公仔箱論壇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'.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" |; K' _6 R2 ?9 f) o; k
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2 N8 N" R6 z+ M6 k: X* xWhen 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.os.tvboxnow.com0 n' ?. c+ ^% t6 v
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