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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; j+ M) j1 f6 hAny 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.os.tvboxnow.com. h, ~6 g2 ?0 |1 ?. e
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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- t9 u& x5 Q- n4 f, _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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' d. ~; t) R; BThe 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。! x7 n l: |, g
' ?- j9 Q- E4 j1 B6 A% e. @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.* h3 d5 F* ^& y; y/ h
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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( l1 j$ j8 D- ~* f) o'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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8 X6 @8 s; b7 o5 T& vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! g! U8 O0 E5 E6 z$ ?/ e8 O6 ?
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.3 m5 g" d! { d* | c+ g3 K( l8 E0 B
$ _! u- K/ b" {; e& `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。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.2 e; ?- b; A; F7 Z; T
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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.'
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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 chipsos.tvboxnow.com7 [; m$ _4 D/ s; h7 ^. Y7 R' P
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?公仔箱論壇: q2 X* x' h9 h. f% f
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"1 t# J& R" X/ V, t
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, K# Y, c0 |6 t/ w( b0 c8 S
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'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'
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& Q, X$ x7 \( d6 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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9 Y# d" g2 a3 A4 B; q9 L6 Q/ c'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'公仔箱論壇; y& |3 P; w6 U) P# Q
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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For example, you could drag and drop a picture file between all the different photo services without needing to re-upload and re-tag on each occasion.
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide公仔箱論壇4 O! _( t) \! J7 R3 d0 Q4 u; U
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?( V2 D3 }0 t( h+ m' C
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% B! b( R: h# X- S4 k- \. M
( @7 V& ]& `( ?* f! Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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1 l/ A% d8 i0 k: f9 rOr, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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& a a8 g( s$ w8 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHeinz 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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( B: ?; K7 `( z* Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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