Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months) c' i" M+ B+ J: B
By Eddie Wrenn公仔箱論壇- m' G+ T/ }9 w8 P4 ]6 I% c7 |9 [
PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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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.
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1 n$ H: Z# I5 [0 Tos.tvboxnow.comThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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5 G6 t6 W8 a+ E$ }7 b" f' v$ fos.tvboxnow.comMIT 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 J+ b, B: ^% b( \' h" N
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; |* L9 O5 m5 C: w, \
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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.os.tvboxnow.com3 {7 l) w' G) n. ?2 R
( N; a+ y6 D9 R2 U. g( E- qtvb 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.'
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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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'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.8 u; N# o% W3 m1 C+ R2 ?
) z" s3 H" a. k9 _& W& Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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) T; V/ M i8 C' o6 l- B) Q; p( m" Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor 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/ K7 b: J3 l! _' ~
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...+ |/ m2 d, b4 v2 `3 b) W2 t6 O5 S
) u) ^/ j; M5 ~( s& oSo 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?"& u- t3 q# @( m6 ~/ p7 J
8 J# a& y1 n" k0 ^" \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.'0 ^' A! U* y( H+ s9 z4 k2 p
5 G' D: F! }/ b" n4 K% o9 q- s( T8 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.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。8 m6 W! a' |( Z
; J" Y( P; ~ b' r" h* ?5 _" a2 }The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.公仔箱論壇' @5 ^! h! |& p0 Z
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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。7 L" l0 h7 \ h/ G2 J0 W% \' X
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( G5 ~% @1 ~( ~7 v7 wos.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!)'
p7 A/ [: {" c. l9 K公仔箱論壇Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem! Z5 X' ] ]4 H* I4 ]& Q: P
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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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9 N0 g7 P3 i1 P) E% Q/ U" Bos.tvboxnow.comTeam 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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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
7 c: i' O3 e: `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?
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8 C5 h. P0 M! l) OThere 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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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'.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 G' \4 L2 S! k5 c
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'公仔箱論壇; Q! F! g7 ~- G
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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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8 m6 i8 A" ?: x1 v/ U1 |7 g/ JAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.公仔箱論壇1 b2 p! Y) _1 R) B: _
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