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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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* S' ?" f* z# N: K" d
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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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.
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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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.7 u9 k% ]0 Y# d8 |' X
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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。; ]3 W" i; [4 A2 T0 W3 J0 L% B
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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. O9 F0 j' c( ?: O" |0 |8 e7 A! A
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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.'os.tvboxnow.com/ x) |5 u- J, ^' e. J- L4 y$ T
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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( H. N9 Y+ Y% A. G7 ], n公仔箱論壇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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9 }0 H# {2 m* d4 T) u+ k'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.: F3 y: i+ m# n. j
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 D& V- k4 o. C7 {& i
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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公仔箱論壇2 s2 R3 N* I7 i3 \
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, Z) v0 Y( o! M$ }# Q# v. IThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...os.tvboxnow.com( U; `. g/ o; v* J' Y# }
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?+ o/ c% Z; X) u, } @
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"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。2 S5 O% M! N6 h& k L; E
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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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* \" [1 u7 ^! R- u! X7 Gtvb 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.'os.tvboxnow.com6 {0 o/ p! ?) p7 W
' W: B' W4 m! s DThe 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。8 @3 T1 u7 E: w; T
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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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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!
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2 A, [ I/ J+ b' |! A6 Y'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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* L# d5 U' A2 A, Y. E公仔箱論壇Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future8 G; z3 ?3 t9 z: U, C
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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9 w. ~ Q% M, }5 C, A1 {" b公仔箱論壇So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。; f/ S1 y: T4 ?
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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2 N: S7 |# m% @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOr, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 c! A) Y' k- V' x" [; |
: f2 q5 W k! y& Pos.tvboxnow.comHeinz recommends this tip: 'To release ketchup faster from the glass bottle, apply a firm tap to the sweet spot on the neck of the bottle - the '57'.
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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: Z g$ s3 L, MWhen 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.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。( Q% s8 g- k$ y- U7 d; H* S
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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