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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) x/ P, W8 M" }4 ^, M; ~PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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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.os.tvboxnow.com0 T$ T' H- W0 g) j7 h
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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2 T t8 S) T% T, aThe 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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+ ]* v: U7 `8 m. ^5 gThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.公仔箱論壇2 A$ Z; q# N2 {9 m8 N" A, l
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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.公仔箱論壇7 n3 P) h6 D3 @' H3 m' U4 w
7 k5 q1 l% a5 X6 R2 A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.0 {- A; U) ^( j5 K
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.# t$ h& d& X: d4 k+ Z) N) c
! N$ f9 i6 K' G; `0 Y. p# l公仔箱論壇'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& W3 n. h; Z* D* _
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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.'公仔箱論壇; R5 Y; h) c% {/ a
* H2 R9 N2 p+ t _/ {! sNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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g! j$ J& p7 u& `' j5 Z# nSmith, 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ {% s7 c3 ~, b! ~
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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.'! Q: j5 y1 S$ a- l7 B" i; T$ O& F2 m
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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 chipsos.tvboxnow.com0 ^& \- `# N8 A e+ _
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# ?$ X5 S$ ~# E1 d: a' T4 zos.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?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 B0 q5 {- ~* I) L2 a; ?* D
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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: L$ Z8 v z3 y6 T) L'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.os.tvboxnow.com, X/ K3 Z# W0 T
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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.'
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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.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。) O B/ L- P( L4 A
" O& V! w" [8 _5 P公仔箱論壇The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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* i! i3 C9 }4 v# S8 J1 }9 \公仔箱論壇The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# N/ e/ E2 o O" ?# E% y
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) a4 [# `, R2 ~& a' x
; j; b5 ~- z6 H8 O$ e/ C'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!)'公仔箱論壇2 {" L @) B# S% s7 n6 F9 T0 {
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 |& x# w5 {% j: W9 }
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: l% g2 ~- r N' ?8 V
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futuretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 g8 g! R. Z+ I8 R
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! {4 z9 M$ m& s: \# ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
' O5 ~& b2 }, x( Y: Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo 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: Y; F! K1 v, R& T% U
0 h, ~2 `1 v4 u. T: u4 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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% N4 V- o" v# A* h4 zThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.% n. s; ~- T1 _. X" S+ k
" s# w# H$ G! Q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.
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; H8 T) ^: ~/ }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'.os.tvboxnow.com9 f; Y3 q: X# d: `. f1 X9 i6 Y# ?& M+ B
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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.
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