Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& o, l3 n1 p8 y: n
By Eddie Wrenn
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% G( t* R$ o# x; `/ R! R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.
6 E) _7 f6 { o W% K6 LBut now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.公仔箱論壇" U' T: x; L+ }2 x {* W
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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。0 k H/ E( X$ e: L. _; m* C
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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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3 y: l$ f5 [$ B" ^7 e8 c3 Aos.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.公仔箱論壇8 |9 p& ]' k" K0 ^$ P+ F
5 V8 J) {0 l- ?' Y, [3 D$ V'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.: j; t, l6 j, x; s; F0 z
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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.公仔箱論壇8 r+ e; ~6 q$ P( v3 T
$ r! }& i, M; b# v4 n公仔箱論壇'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.', m; C8 W Y) ^9 h5 o) ?
# w9 g7 t, U9 K' u( v" p公仔箱論壇Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.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。$ W/ Z; v' ~% Z8 `
+ x& L$ c( O: V# F; S& jSmith, 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。2 b; ?7 y, I9 u/ i# e. A5 }
' s3 `) V3 Y* S W4 I. |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./ P7 \0 i& p5 e- C
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'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'公仔箱論壇 N- ?3 x! J5 {
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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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( P/ l, q1 u' O1 l5 F5 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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?公仔箱論壇5 y5 D0 P3 `. p# _6 X- n# D- C
; I& K* L$ e5 |! G: KDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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1 a4 ^- W" k; d2 J, p/ [& ]1 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.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。( f. ~, }2 Z) Z. f4 ]3 _5 E
4 r5 l/ C+ ~9 @7 L0 p9 MTVBNOW 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。'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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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.* S8 M6 Z# w* m+ |
5 U( Z* w2 u! ^os.tvboxnow.comThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.1 w3 N* D) F8 F# Z
7 Q8 [) O; ~1 q5 _os.tvboxnow.comThe product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 M$ a, W) I9 w/ C6 f& O8 @
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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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! ]( V0 Y# E' V5 M% N% B* gFor 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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' w/ s- b: D* Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futuretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; g$ e- l, q/ f& Q
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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4 B. S4 a6 f, | a1 |HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP7 J% N+ x0 r* X" k5 ]8 h
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?7 p/ Y4 {" V: W4 V' N$ `
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.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。- @: H9 Z2 b3 t9 J! Y) V. D+ w1 ~% ]
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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.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。( C/ d. w; Y6 U6 _2 l" Q w
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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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5 j1 X; L' u& u8 @: r2 A公仔箱論壇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'., b3 y" \0 G( J9 a8 P( U
- k5 e; M2 K3 k5 a& FTVBNOW 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。'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'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。" N+ h4 x' \0 o' L
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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。# ]' a+ l9 w9 Q% y$ o
1 B$ `* k+ v+ H- y8 ~& J& ^5 EAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.公仔箱論壇2 v3 a: p- n# n$ k. {4 L3 G* v- ^
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