Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)os.tvboxnow.com9 |6 g8 Q+ ^9 t L q& y" R2 H
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ r/ y/ \& h$ H8 z1 w& H4 M
$ B: [9 Q- r$ @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。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.
9 r K/ }% ]: z公仔箱論壇But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.; O. v% q& V( }: K+ F
1 D8 ^+ N- a% n2 O4 ^公仔箱論壇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.
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.1 {( A$ c* M! p- S( ^9 g
8 J' O6 t- I7 W0 Z8 yMIT 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.
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( j) r- T( S( _公仔箱論壇'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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3 `! X4 G' F) r# E3 j4 M'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# D2 c8 Z5 C, ?4 [0 H: B- w9 |
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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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& M) }7 g; Y# |/ s9 W, r. f" MNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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* A' z. P* K) v( l# ~; MSmith, 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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; G, n- Z* O$ ]5 A3 @- f公仔箱論壇'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.
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! S& u7 n9 S, H; ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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4 y& z! M( M# `8 I
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0 n2 c7 B( I" y( TFor 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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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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; n2 n1 d* p$ Q( A! U$ v公仔箱論壇So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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! [1 c) t* i" X; ?3 K' |. |6 V公仔箱論壇Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"公仔箱論壇" `# S$ s0 B& L, E% T( V- i$ X
' G B& ~. h y1 ~' [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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; A* K" O/ a# t6 J0 f3 g9 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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. ], `# \7 @+ D$ a0 hos.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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N2 Z2 ^& U9 L4 P( \$ U# o6 y'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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5 N0 U0 N, `2 @( }tvb 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!)'公仔箱論壇5 H; W0 W, w4 l* ~
Dave 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.
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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) _5 t6 ^; A7 S" TNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
& R* m+ N, f% T' ~* rSo while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ D" V4 i, U6 u$ w8 a; o. L
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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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.# x1 {2 o! I7 z4 \ Q, u
; F( z; s% E5 G5 w9 {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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# p' {9 _/ ~& f* }1 {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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" Q: ~/ j/ r1 z7 r( |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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: ]4 W& ^. W' R% M" g: ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.公仔箱論壇" y) G1 P: Y9 K$ G: d5 m; r- x
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