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Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
By Eddie Wrenn
PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012

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.
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.os.tvboxnow.com# K3 q" A# r1 N) t& D5 K, m
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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.' o0 W/ N, s. r# M

The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.

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.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。- m! W1 r$ s9 z3 G% L* z! Q
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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.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。6 t1 q: B0 f- S' q  b

'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.os.tvboxnow.com0 W8 ^( \; Y2 _' A( C- q, [+ w% ~: 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.

'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.

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.os.tvboxnow.com8 t* n& o! ]- r  ~
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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.' G# A- }  L/ Q  Z* ~

'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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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

The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...5 z" o" _) u5 j  C7 Z' ^& T& ?
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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?": ?1 _" l% K2 f; v9 |6 H2 c6 R
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ e* U9 {/ l( C. f( e
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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.', r& K+ m9 n# r7 n4 a5 s
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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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.6 t( P% O" O8 B( j8 h, P$ ~
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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!

'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!)'
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem

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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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideTVBNOW 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。. D0 D3 |! g* c
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?5 i8 E6 n! Z( N9 x" \% 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.公仔箱論壇! n! _& D* a7 t& u; H" g
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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.0 @, K0 h. M& \& n8 ?; m% @3 }
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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.) Z/ q; a4 W3 n9 w; f- H0 T+ K

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'.& n  d7 h4 R" m9 _$ O5 D( t
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ w; V# x& C3 Z! g

And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.- c5 @/ n) G5 q" E! Z) ]0 R, c

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