Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
" D# H& z. I7 q- N/ yBy Eddie WrennTVBNOW 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- R$ F: R' h2 B# t
PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012! \$ C( \ o% y: j6 C+ B! x6 x1 y% 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.
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: N2 J# v8 s' _. XThe 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.( d/ O( y+ j3 a" |# y
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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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' o$ X( ?3 B1 [% m+ D: zMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.公仔箱論壇$ i# ]" @2 O& `! E* A
. o- s, a7 v+ [1 G8 O; e: b, \公仔箱論壇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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8 M0 J% G/ t% c; }& V'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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) @" e4 m$ A- p1 p& X& gos.tvboxnow.com'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。$ y0 t4 _8 ?; |9 U2 ]0 U
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'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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Naturally, 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.公仔箱論壇2 Z+ `$ t" s2 {7 j! W, _
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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.com( P/ U& H6 y! ~) O
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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.'
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% ^- n9 F$ s( u5 o公仔箱論壇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" X9 ?, O) w7 D
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4 V6 U4 m$ `& U+ p3 Mos.tvboxnow.comThe 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?
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Dave 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。7 g* T% \* f) D. x. l5 }
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'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。# f4 u1 ]) U# @5 I" C
" `4 ] P2 f( `' ], H7 |公仔箱論壇'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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: N K( L9 F' C, r5 QThe 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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.公仔箱論壇7 Z; Y z4 k/ q4 m3 U6 t t; \* N
3 m; R, s7 S) q: J6 G公仔箱論壇The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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4 K8 x8 K/ S9 y" x. [4 R \3 [公仔箱論壇'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!# L L! o( ~/ o. {
' ]/ V/ R% d* `0 W$ g, tos.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!)'
. b$ y y6 Z* q# [/ ^公仔箱論壇Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemTVBNOW 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 X4 x9 F2 Y% |4 q# G- u
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& c: v, k9 [* B: K/ Q6 K& Q% |' ~) M公仔箱論壇Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlidetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# i: S! W' J+ s0 v( k* c6 b$ V) _
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
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# M) ]5 ^9 u; J) UThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.os.tvboxnow.com5 b7 i7 @# f9 ~) G* f
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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.公仔箱論壇9 z* Q# R8 q1 S/ f8 [& 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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: Y! ^: T8 C0 J+ Z9 F8 e) `) {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'.
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'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.- A4 N* O- F- a8 V! u9 W
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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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