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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8 U8 B# H/ E" j* s$ Z公仔箱論壇PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012公仔箱論壇8 h1 J7 o' t. ?& D# `
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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.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。. V/ | h7 K. V% ~
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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. r. V- a& M5 |' O3 ZThe 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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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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$ A1 G2 |! C2 x( U3 S# E( u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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5 X6 b' R* E& p6 e- {5 ?( k+ |+ ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBurger 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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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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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.
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( Y7 k" V; m! `. O4 M6 e'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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- [$ ^; `6 t! I5 lNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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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.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) B: m/ a6 G* F8 P
1 N. {. E' } i6 [8 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.# {2 e1 E. d" M6 a$ d8 V- g; N
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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公仔箱論壇1 @- Y# _2 h5 E' T& S
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; b9 y7 n! i) IThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& B G$ y" G( i5 L6 j y
* P0 i K& r2 O8 d- L/ HDave 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。5 P8 @2 ?8 }$ O0 `$ n
7 s! q$ o! Q/ {3 h5 H, ]; O% ?2 w g'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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3 \) X: p& `3 \os.tvboxnow.com'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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7 y3 x5 H! T8 _9 ?os.tvboxnow.comThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# v5 Z) T$ t2 n4 y
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.公仔箱論壇5 G3 y3 p6 ~/ E5 R7 E& L* h! e
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 e! l5 T9 ^; l/ j. d
" F; D# l1 H% |6 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'
5 c l1 B* t( O7 X/ L) k' J. jos.tvboxnow.comDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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For example, you could drag and drop a picture file between all the different photo services without needing to re-upload and re-tag on each occasion.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ B* @5 ]" V& a' F4 `
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2 c, G# P1 T% w/ M, q) q) P, w5 }+ P2 `Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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0 N. c* H, u$ t* n5 W2 |/ k, vos.tvboxnow.comNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP公仔箱論壇% q/ O+ C N4 ], p4 b0 `
So 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6 H; ?) P2 [$ `
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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) p# D5 w9 w; n+ \
1 \! J2 z" `5 t, d- h; [! T. |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.0 X: m5 T4 z2 B) {: ?5 y, M+ P: j8 \ Z
1 u5 w4 {; @# `3 ros.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'.os.tvboxnow.com9 x2 T7 A6 i3 K d
2 _ [, f6 b0 `) o" A0 I'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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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.: A! W: y1 [; k
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.公仔箱論壇2 h0 L/ a. `0 ]3 h0 t) Y
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