Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)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* @% t/ b$ ?: [" t$ {* e2 B# C
By Eddie Wrenn
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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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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.+ P# z8 E* g& V+ Z8 S/ v" i* M7 k
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; y4 F/ P) z$ T3 O/ o. 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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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。( b z6 z) Z7 c
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.os.tvboxnow.com0 z9 F( Y: x' P# c# c+ M" F
; ?, N" N/ e% W- l# a. j'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.) a1 d+ j" K# y0 K' @! Q ?
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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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! v! m8 |7 k5 tos.tvboxnow.comNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.公仔箱論壇7 q% _" e) U" `+ x
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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.
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, |* T$ _- O! y, k'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.. T+ e$ | j \: Z4 P: c/ v5 g, Q
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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.'* h8 m. n$ E+ E" q/ I
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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% W9 X* Z! S" |2 V, \9 b& ?3 f
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8 c$ v0 p3 E& Q2 Y( j2 o/ QThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out.../ F6 |3 f, s: R
+ I2 \3 V; p# ?7 [2 P( H1 h3 lSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?8 q2 | z8 k6 g2 b- m
5 F- Q# l0 B, d! G$ G7 dDave 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。6 s, n; @% A5 G2 k8 K0 a
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.. G' _4 n, h9 K' {5 u+ Q
! f: H" f& ?( z$ s'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.'公仔箱論壇; b; I9 o! t# s, b& u! G1 b5 B
" g1 @ r* d7 i- G# oThe 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.2 ^8 w5 C! Z* I7 g
& k* Q! b& z% c' sTVBNOW 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。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.os.tvboxnow.com" k0 }! U* f) D5 K8 ~
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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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'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!)'6 q1 i( Q# V! ^- Y2 W
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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6 J7 t) x6 _! g# l# Z/ n7 TTVBNOW 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。Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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. C+ L+ T* z' x3 h. ?os.tvboxnow.comNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlidetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ h% }" ~5 {5 p# o6 l4 a, A) A- N+ l
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* ~/ [% C% Z; L, n2 v
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Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( a; k6 v: W) {$ T7 g4 b& q0 V+ b
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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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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.
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.) t* I( B3 G9 z6 |( B
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