Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
) r6 c9 G" P: S5 E5 J LBy Eddie Wrenn
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; n3 |5 u* y/ A" B( a( dAny 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.
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) C; k [) k+ m- zThe 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.os.tvboxnow.com: n+ |% l. n7 S6 {2 @9 b# c
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* m' z, x& k( r+ v7 `
4 J& O7 n# H9 p# Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBurger 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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, q1 J8 r. F) x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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( w* \1 B5 m6 ~
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; v7 A+ p' J0 d$ h. o5 U- M" X3 Ios.tvboxnow.com'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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3 w$ n) r$ \+ B3 CNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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6 J. p# n" E& c5 {7 p, c+ N$ H: @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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3 ~+ ~/ E6 {) F. A# {8 Q7 @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% f, `9 f j0 p
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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?- X! @: v# [7 T( q
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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; ]# q2 o6 U" ?0 T _: r' d! N8 R Z; eos.tvboxnow.com'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& p, \; z1 ^( u3 s: z# Q( Q
& R2 i( `% c2 i8 f. z: Y4 G& ~+ E公仔箱論壇'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.'公仔箱論壇4 _+ G8 `% W p# C* W; a
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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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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( H6 n5 Q. ~; n" y( a4 {公仔箱論壇The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.; X c, I1 u$ y u( [, Z' h9 I
G# `. q' ]/ c! U6 \& E$ utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!公仔箱論壇. `5 F. r* U, @/ l3 q0 C2 L
: Y3 E/ u" p, {$ R+ o. Ftvb 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!)'! V0 q6 k6 r) Q- d' C
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemTVBNOW 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。! v* b9 Q( y0 U) E: d: K
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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.- \: V9 Z0 L$ e6 E" J! L
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future公仔箱論壇1 G; R J k2 X- x" e
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide. d& J& |. L: I& S" B: f2 {
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7 g! L4 z# Q J) S4 QSo while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?. K6 x1 H6 o5 j: p$ S! A0 O
; h- j6 ?% r' Q' v8 ?# {$ KThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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: o* J/ | m. H- i$ }# ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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7 ^8 q& P9 V7 w! H* ]3 kOr, 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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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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" A3 K& x& j; }) H: j. o4 O'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* B3 z% x* u: E/ J
5 d, F; p9 n8 S! v) w# gos.tvboxnow.comWhen 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 Y* S- {* x# |3 L; K
* I6 K' i! n6 E' k% z5 y! ~! a公仔箱論壇And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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