Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
9 O9 k$ m1 m) d* j公仔箱論壇By Eddie Wrenn
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' v: [* I$ s* a7 J" A2 P; tTVBNOW 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.; n) v* {% A& T1 w0 J) v( i
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.# Z K# T" t0 r+ K
5 x! e* r3 t% h: Zos.tvboxnow.comThe 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.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 Z: O! G" l s# M0 O7 n% `4 Z
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.2 D0 c5 b- |4 L* w0 l8 i$ e
5 m; [; R7 y: j \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.
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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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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.公仔箱論壇. W1 I; N4 Y! i7 k* P5 L
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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.
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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.os.tvboxnow.com( ?, j4 {/ T0 H; G3 ]5 I7 o
1 G8 N( a' m" T& _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9 m% F' B& Y$ j8 q* A3 y1 z$ Z
+ N! R4 `, P6 \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。'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.公仔箱論壇 K+ @% i3 [6 P/ a
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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.'公仔箱論壇8 e$ V+ U1 F, k+ C. d0 b9 @* o7 k" T. p
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- K9 {, T! U k# j3 A- v/ R/ e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 chipstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- m& r( p( ]3 k( s7 V' q W0 }1 j2 D5 Y
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p) b( r& [& k* M% A, u1 M6 z0 zTVBNOW 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。So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?, l" c g6 J, _/ M$ K) [( F( [0 x
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"( u7 c6 T! q8 R6 r
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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。1 Y0 @ k* N2 z% @" R7 B# J
5 u7 ~/ G: F! r9 A5 |tvb 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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) j( ?3 H( J' Yos.tvboxnow.comThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.' @5 O" C$ k2 }/ |
0 c$ ?4 k) N' O$ G+ IThe 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!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: z0 ?4 `) c& y+ `( t
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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!)'
2 T; H) G7 P; G, u) MDave Smith, MIT, explains the problemtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 u: m0 l' M- B# K8 z5 N7 n
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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/ I5 ^! P. B6 c& K% K! k1 A; b
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0 h8 D5 O9 f* w5 sTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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1 h& ]- v& z; |- V, X, w6 a oTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP5 @7 \# I: i o1 b3 G
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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- f3 O' A5 D# s9 N( d5 J; K% aTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ a8 x: p" ?1 k3 V% j! o" t
6 V, x; L5 S! P$ DTVBNOW 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。There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.1 {, e$ u% G, r
/ O" u- ?$ C+ {9 {9 h3 \7 ]os.tvboxnow.comOr, 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) i- l! F) M5 A+ gTVBNOW 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。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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0 [7 ^7 R3 a; }6 U. {os.tvboxnow.com'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'公仔箱論壇" \$ J! U6 s3 I/ Y
9 z8 _) u" I8 L7 ?$ i9 kTVBNOW 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。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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$ R& q2 t2 N+ O5 A4 Z( @& K; D5 R$ ptvb 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$ N" |6 A5 V5 e+ [, t# l3 P6 @
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