Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)0 F: N2 N. }9 B. Q' B; r$ Q
By Eddie Wrenn
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1 Z; i( X' ~8 R3 d3 JTVBNOW 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.
6 b, a% M) x' g. \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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8 a$ o+ j+ p: p6 a8 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 O: v! c8 F/ ?3 X, h0 C
" e: f1 S+ d6 N6 J1 ~os.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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6 f8 E N0 I5 Y5 `2 E, RBurger 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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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.# s7 t& M! t8 B; R
. K; w6 }# ]: l2 S- n. ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.# Q4 b) |6 B% Z" F, i% H
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; m* O& R: Y$ \! ^ c0 l
$ O) t' d# `0 }1 ^& B公仔箱論壇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.
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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.
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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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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 chipsTVBNOW 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。. Y$ h# R7 Z$ W) j2 ]
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The 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/ k+ i- B; X4 z
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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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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) [2 x6 w) B6 X' {) XThe 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.os.tvboxnow.com4 Z7 z- X0 [9 K0 @
: }( o- Z* f3 i1 y0 ros.tvboxnow.com'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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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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5 d4 F/ \, u) d D7 b6 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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+ L( A8 m. d. M2 p- N: e0 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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; W1 Q$ x b4 L" j2 E' q9 S公仔箱論壇So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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1 r; H- b3 s" L: ~- f4 EThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.- G' g' i% w# N$ r2 P
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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.
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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.0 R; j# u, Q& w- W9 f
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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'.1 n2 z, B, E& M8 X, O2 x
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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' m8 ^$ v/ `; B! z+ _公仔箱論壇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, C. t& D, a+ E: U9 V, P6 \
+ w3 @* g7 b- Z- g& b公仔箱論壇And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.7 ?1 l! w# g* X; j
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