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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U2 J6 K- t) \3 l' sAny 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.公仔箱論壇0 W( m* G5 Z t) M) x
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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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.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 |- X! N# @- j1 T' m, d
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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.'
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) G# W3 {. F9 L4 H公仔箱論壇Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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# p* g# z: \" {' `1 z, r公仔箱論壇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.
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7 i# S8 U9 {: g6 g Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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. s0 [5 R4 b( a+ f& g. aFor 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...tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, f H1 T" x: ]" `( H1 U
: z& `1 ^0 E8 n) E0 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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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.'/ v' O9 x% r' j' Y) t
5 I5 n' k9 F; X. y& |% ]4 Los.tvboxnow.comThe 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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 Z" i% Q0 ^4 o% D
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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: z6 D- E: A$ \3 t" stvb 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!)'
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U/ |& w6 y0 v1 H& nFor 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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( P1 ?' K6 e! b0 k* W- u- utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
( E7 _9 b' ^+ |: W9 J7 i* ^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。- I, Z& j- J1 E/ `5 | P# [
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.os.tvboxnow.com5 m# |) w3 T. J+ V, I* R& Y% k+ 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.os.tvboxnow.com5 F4 c2 ?/ Z3 |( C
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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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4 B; `0 ^% }- P2 rtvb 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'.& h/ e \# H5 d5 s& s
' _8 n- q; W( e3 d$ T; ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'/ a$ K j4 @0 n0 ?. Q0 t; x
% |; A8 f$ X1 M) V) }* gos.tvboxnow.comWhen 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.
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