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Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)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。) B+ M6 C# o$ ]$ u- ], H
By Eddie Wrennos.tvboxnow.com$ C$ q( o# k. h+ d. J' Z3 i
PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 20120 ^3 ]- g- M/ X& B$ {

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.
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ B! C9 w; Z0 C  p! ?: d7 v

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.公仔箱論壇7 s' u( w; ?* [+ e

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。* M* l! j- E/ Z% l+ [- O
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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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'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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" m/ [/ z" u5 ^6 }- g
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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.'$ v5 ]4 |* ~: o! e

Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work./ |" S' I8 X( f: r4 D4 `
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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.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 w& t4 h1 _4 H3 {, P, [
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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.'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。& B3 p) V, }/ x) k: y" y7 p6 f
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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* b7 O7 X- X6 g4 E( p

The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out... e8 ^$ G* J3 j) _

So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?

Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.

'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.'4 u1 B7 ]7 F2 {. y3 k9 c- P; D
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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.

The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.

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.5 `* ~4 |, h. I& S) _3 V8 d+ r

'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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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!)'
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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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.* G& w+ c+ a: d3 ?6 b$ ]
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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 futureTVBNOW 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。+ j* Q% y& C8 A

Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide

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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
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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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.公仔箱論壇4 N2 u- z, W( {% \8 g2 x) g7 W

There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you 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。7 l5 f( z$ u& \9 j2 [: ~9 N
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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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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'.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, U6 y8 q/ p; @0 ^$ B! Z/ Q: B

'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'

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.

And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.5 X0 ~+ K6 g% |5 p- D# n) M
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