Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)os.tvboxnow.com$ {" E+ x4 `" ?8 c9 z, {! W
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.公仔箱論壇, U6 a, {0 b$ A: I; b
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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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7 I1 c: B) I3 p! Cos.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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 A r0 n; `/ _. e0 n
- d# U; J0 n' S8 b/ p9 v4 ^公仔箱論壇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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) h& x9 D: L0 f" {0 D6 U1 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties., V4 q7 t8 L6 D! Q/ C
8 _( v2 k0 Z6 ltvb 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.
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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& K/ h8 G& f- s2 ] ]8 ]
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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.; N4 E ~8 q2 E2 i
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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.'6 ?+ X9 I" z) k$ |- w$ X
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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
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1 Z* j# V) n, a( t公仔箱論壇The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...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 L1 a; N3 n( B# I* l5 h! H% ]
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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。3 Z2 o& E5 s1 O- D( V* K6 D0 w8 F
! Y$ ?& R# M1 L* Y! _, j'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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% g* c {% q* o S2 U2 Sos.tvboxnow.com'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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; U# q+ V; [* ?# F; M" @/ gThe 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./ a5 y# F3 L6 ~" |9 x+ D3 o+ m( t
& m4 P( G) K0 _6 O/ f'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!os.tvboxnow.com# F" S: N0 O' [5 P: o/ k9 @: g
* T, U: a( L1 J* u6 A) ?9 t'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!)'公仔箱論壇9 s) `4 Q4 G! s& G ], |
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP1 L2 H0 e8 a# {* \# g ~
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?9 k3 O, f+ `& c( J c/ d
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out./ P' n6 ?7 J- F) \ l1 p; q# y
. n* P; u. S4 _3 ?8 s# z公仔箱論壇Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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: J6 _& Y, Z1 u+ _5 {- O* nos.tvboxnow.comHeinz recommends this tip: 'To release ketchup faster from the glass bottle, apply a firm tap to the sweet spot on the neck of the bottle - the '57'.
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$ ~# X' m6 t1 H" u'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.
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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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