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。4 [* B6 l3 G- x! f
By Eddie Wrenn
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5 V W& Z6 ~) [# H6 ?2 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAny 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" Y0 c3 s2 B- G, [7 C
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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! f- D% k% {4 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.5 j/ ?' Z, h' R: [. c. l
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed./ D$ s& B4 O7 W% F4 B8 s6 B2 q
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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.
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. V! j2 x: @6 ]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。'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.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。0 p( y% Q: I' D- p# i
5 b/ e" S$ J; l! M- F/ }& l5 ?+ x'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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4 L: _; [4 u2 d8 \% ^# |6 E {6 UTVBNOW 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。'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.'os.tvboxnow.com/ U) W4 p5 o. @# m! e- Z
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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. ~. U/ F- [' Y) _
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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.os.tvboxnow.com0 I; W" \- d( ] N- T
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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..." E* g& {! f- q; Q% r5 x) g- a
2 I) q# r: q d3 l公仔箱論壇So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: u7 u, c& v7 f6 u6 x2 B. Y$ c3 P
G1 E* b6 |" @+ N# x# T% p/ qDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"os.tvboxnow.com9 n/ `( ^% `5 ]: k
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.公仔箱論壇$ T5 J: @3 I$ e) ]$ g
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The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.公仔箱論壇9 f8 e* s2 h. u7 ]2 X @4 j
2 n0 G" E6 w+ ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.* r# a" z( V$ C1 p
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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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8 C! _2 D" r9 f {2 G# fos.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!)'
9 m9 X8 G" h3 v% M2 h- a9 X, @0 W( W8 [& Sos.tvboxnow.comDave 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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v: y0 `5 u" S# v0 ros.tvboxnow.comNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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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?. W' @! n: ~+ P; g8 H
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.- l$ n. v# ~# k' @4 E% ~: _8 H
( V+ A5 `5 @* s7 E' etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.os.tvboxnow.com3 {6 h( ~6 a0 _; A
5 N( q9 ]! j6 P) \' Y9 uOr, 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.3 f3 g0 n& V! I$ }
+ S$ L) Y+ ^7 G2 ~os.tvboxnow.comHeinz 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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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'/ c3 U1 ~; s; r/ P5 q
/ d9 w7 r& K' L( N/ o" H; L$ WTVBNOW 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。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.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。& e" N/ s' C6 }
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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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