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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; k: ?0 s' U( Q0 E G" H- [公仔箱論壇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.
3 j' p- `- K; l' @2 xBut now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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: u& q+ @" i* ~. r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.os.tvboxnow.com$ Q Q8 `) j' w4 Y6 t
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.2 i! ]& `- [( \5 @
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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.# N/ d' J0 w! ~, ^
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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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( s4 \# Z% H7 ]6 H- i j. q0 h公仔箱論壇'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 m# H& ]& P6 s' g6 @' I' i
# |# w! H8 y2 ['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.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。. h1 G" p2 a2 E5 F) z: x8 t
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3 I) C) D9 ~8 a5 }# ^Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.8 D3 T) b" R$ d/ I9 ~$ `$ H0 T% x7 N
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb y( ]( o8 D! _) W. K4 Y2 u
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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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" D9 m% i; o! h( k5 kos.tvboxnow.com'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'0 c: K s. l! o1 g. i
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9 R6 P! q( g1 Cos.tvboxnow.comFor 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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. [6 P: Y- @. U etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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) F% n3 s+ \, ]+ q6 M$ V. v/ a0 A& JSo 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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q9 P% E0 p! ~2 [, M+ KTVBNOW 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。'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.os.tvboxnow.com2 K* t" J/ {3 @1 b+ h/ A) ]$ r
3 K9 p( \8 c$ p( [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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" X- _2 o8 x& PThe 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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, `& n! W) F+ G- iThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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9 a- Z5 G1 ~7 L1 I! n' l* |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'
0 n2 u5 y4 z; E6 h8 f3 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem公仔箱論壇# ^4 f p6 O' c3 j A$ s
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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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" o* f s9 d' b9 l$ k公仔箱論壇Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future/ r' U! M% b: U5 C% Z
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide公仔箱論壇: ?9 W5 f% f$ r! H" x+ h- {
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
0 m) V X: d4 n% U5 c' D4 B1 ?( zSo 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 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.os.tvboxnow.com0 L: I9 M7 g* l+ E( D
$ z7 \' i' h& i9 L- k1 }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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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'.% W9 V7 i. R) p& ?+ B8 n c: Y) m: F
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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.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 e- m: N5 ~% \$ E$ E q& E4 K0 e
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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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