Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)os.tvboxnow.com0 r& s& C! m7 S; H
By Eddie Wrenn
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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。3 \3 b7 Z- B A$ M5 b6 V# m+ a: j
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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2 ?( A3 M# `/ g) N- Y# D1 V9 ]1 l# Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.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。/ }8 f: ]7 K# h, l K
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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.os.tvboxnow.com0 d; `' m- j6 C* e/ y
" s0 }4 q3 W9 n8 G0 m5 XBurger 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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8 A8 ^4 j3 f4 d5 n2 }2 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.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。4 M" E K! F5 B k& V$ k
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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.'" E1 n# b1 \9 \
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.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 V6 Y; T& m2 O0 A, x, Y! r" p
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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.
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% a' p. H- N/ k2 U; ~, L% H3 y& w- rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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! i% u, w: \) c: q+ d9 o* f' f公仔箱論壇'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& i8 ]) E+ _; ~' p9 m
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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 R4 J: V! K* v1 w
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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. }" w) J5 _8 Y0 U0 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?公仔箱論壇" C: y. \6 i D
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"os.tvboxnow.com" A. M9 |" d' M, f7 w/ h# N# A; v" s
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.os.tvboxnow.com0 s, a5 {! B6 k5 W. o
' D8 e* U+ L1 a- ?, N Y7 [os.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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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.+ |5 S9 D& g, m i- p
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.公仔箱論壇, E1 H; J# c% _- u& {! W/ M
, O+ T; i Q( T$ Q6 b! k7 uThe 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.1 r( @* d( E; a, D' i9 C8 H
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!os.tvboxnow.com3 K$ o- w T" e$ A9 U! B8 y/ f
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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!)'
# ]; A- _4 H$ o: N) C( @os.tvboxnow.comDave Smith, MIT, explains the problemos.tvboxnow.com) ]( D. B5 y% ]6 K# i% K
8 n' c/ ~$ R/ N- D0 T2 r$ r6 bos.tvboxnow.comFor 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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. a. }0 u7 @% ~, ~# kos.tvboxnow.comTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future9 `& v: Z3 z% @' [7 s
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
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5 R# z5 W+ g4 u }+ r" S1 qThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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0 q+ z+ h7 f- Y& eos.tvboxnow.comOr, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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% I$ w2 U* L% g3 P$ m公仔箱論壇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'.os.tvboxnow.com, E: I' q$ \" V3 S( ?
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'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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