Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)+ y& L# q. t/ {
By Eddie Wrenn
" l6 a8 x; `4 l, G! PPUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012TVBNOW 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。& ]$ [# u! Y' X/ u
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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.
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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.0 O, X( ~3 r0 M0 J2 |7 |" v
: _% v! j% p0 Y2 Qos.tvboxnow.comThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.公仔箱論壇$ K5 P1 i+ X$ P; Z
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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.# }, ~1 {8 d$ s: m: \$ _
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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.
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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.
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; a P) V; e* R( bTVBNOW 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。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.'os.tvboxnow.com! y y6 Y/ w' v$ m! Y3 s/ d, q9 k
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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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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...os.tvboxnow.com, d: \7 a8 c- O2 K5 u( }
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ]7 d3 m. |/ J: p" ^6 \- g4 i1 F
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"公仔箱論壇- Z3 h/ E7 z+ x1 T
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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2 o4 m F T" t6 I! Z$ U6 Rtvb 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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2 V& F9 ]1 p2 H4 K公仔箱論壇The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!os.tvboxnow.com7 R- c: k J- ^; `! O) g
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Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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( d5 {; O! `2 }. O) e8 E2 f+ `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.
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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0 V, J6 a( i( s5 o# uNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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5 N( z( L* k' Y$ \' B, t" ^公仔箱論壇HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
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/ @8 V, A/ Q7 N4 Ios.tvboxnow.comThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ Z$ a1 e) M7 n" x$ y% \
5 ~+ L6 [9 f7 p t- CThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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1 B% I4 {# ^/ V: j( |: ~* _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.os.tvboxnow.com2 x) v) _2 Y3 n0 |$ N7 @ ~1 f6 l. _
+ {1 s& O: m/ n4 [: ^" g4 Gos.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'.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。; k1 e7 ` @6 @9 D3 t, M6 f0 P
$ g$ i. q4 {- t4 X6 R% P5 B* ~os.tvboxnow.com'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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1 B+ Y" ^/ A2 }! L1 x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.
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.os.tvboxnow.com+ N: r- F2 K* ]* p
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