Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)6 x% q) G. B0 ]* n( p; ~2 s
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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.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。/ G4 G2 e6 Q0 U
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.$ O8 i! C) Z4 I) o" U+ ?6 p% k
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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.os.tvboxnow.com! m6 }4 _/ P& q" O- D5 `
. o4 B, A" b2 f9 IMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.os.tvboxnow.com6 @( g0 l9 k" Q, q6 E( @2 D
6 s, c8 K4 C/ e% Y" z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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'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.'
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/ u! t& _9 w7 v- d% sNaturally, 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.8 j H+ x5 Z2 w9 d, o; v- B
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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.'5 t3 r, j1 ?$ ]! b+ x" I: s
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( k7 I, \' A3 \# H, YFor 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! T+ N J! s$ k( m' z6 p, k
. c8 o1 _/ ]! O8 ]( }# t, Y公仔箱論壇So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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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! X/ X0 O/ s {$ f" O- ]
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* C- ?! k6 M a4 P3 ]7 l* @2 i% {tvb 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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9 n9 L8 A% T9 m/ X9 F& c! `$ {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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 f* K# \1 D( _/ @7 r4 f9 T
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!5 Y5 i, {7 s3 ~' t6 h+ w
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'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'( _7 q6 m9 }! k6 v8 ?0 ]
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem- e X+ |$ g- j8 L" I g8 e' \
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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.
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?公仔箱論壇4 ]5 |4 y% _& y0 f/ x7 y8 K2 a \
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.os.tvboxnow.com9 k: F, A" l, k! H) x$ P
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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.
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. {3 G' V8 a! g* l9 ~& OOr, 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; N/ X7 T4 C5 v1 T4 T# t3 x7 R
) G- K- b. ?& Y, e4 X( K0 {4 i'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) t _ k* {" X5 W9 ]
0 K7 Q6 ~/ I+ x( n& V) IWhen 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.: b2 t' V/ R; l. l0 t7 G- R) C
# E! @9 w0 j; P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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