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。0 M* \2 Z# G, {: F
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012TVBNOW 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。$ ?' F: V' r9 x: y/ a N" [* T/ I$ B
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" E# W! x6 x+ o; C
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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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.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。- N2 R5 m) m t. b8 s
- x2 f0 ~) a/ H0 ~) O2 y$ Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.os.tvboxnow.com( b2 O& ^* V, v |+ f
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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.公仔箱論壇; p" d# L+ [3 P1 Y# W
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.8 p$ r) }& g% d. v
# B9 Z- Z1 W- T" J! Q* a n3 U'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.! i: L) O% \( B7 `
1 U# l1 @% y' I: R'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.'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 q! t) a1 x- r3 V2 K) `# Z
, G0 W7 S2 z: e" i j4 E2 p: etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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. P. {" L4 Y; `/ S+ K5 j% x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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'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.3 l9 ?9 X$ L9 @
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3 x9 m; Q; b2 K" t# \2 mFor 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 chips2 ~: O7 m& G; ?" x: Z& N9 l
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# T T, ~( S* j1 P: b* N8 v9 aThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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7 F+ l6 g* @. M* C% }So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?" q' r6 A( k7 {$ g
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ l7 K3 G6 w! R7 q2 I4 K% Y
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, U: R* F# _- g9 E7 B
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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.
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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+ j) O! P/ e( w* b) [9 W# Z# b公仔箱論壇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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; Q' j( P2 `, l2 L! \5 ]. b公仔箱論壇'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!* t9 X7 B4 f. t! f* V; \8 ^
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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!)'
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futureos.tvboxnow.com$ B5 d' K8 r: v# T5 U
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
! V S; J o3 @5 {. q fSo while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?公仔箱論壇 D1 f. g4 Y6 b; ~- \* D$ b
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.6 \6 i! h7 U6 @* X
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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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5 L, Q2 W6 o' G7 d& x5 Z2 P1 J公仔箱論壇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,bttvb0 i6 w9 d: d/ V* j0 m) O
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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.( ?0 y, c' r, x9 f* j& N. W) [1 w
- D4 R& |& h. Ros.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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