Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012os.tvboxnow.com q, n; V) a$ q3 H; f" ~
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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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' S7 H2 _! |5 w' aos.tvboxnow.comThe 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。2 @4 U/ y! ~5 ~2 v
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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 Y3 B3 P4 {1 z
7 K/ d4 e: [" F9 z6 Y9 MBurger 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.公仔箱論壇9 k; ?% C9 h0 @6 F0 ]. ^: [
6 x) i& e8 f1 l" F'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.'* J# y# f0 e, g% k3 Y) `: m e
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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.
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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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, J! F7 y" l$ f* x% c3 k8 |os.tvboxnow.com'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'
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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: t% m \& ]$ R3 l% h0 w" F* {
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: m: a, `2 Y3 d: A0 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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' y0 y* B- F0 B公仔箱論壇Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"公仔箱論壇$ }8 r) @- |7 {( N/ S# R& \$ L, y
( C2 g8 C) [9 I6 a6 M7 M- ^公仔箱論壇'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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! v1 D+ ~# f1 f- W公仔箱論壇'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.'9 n/ [, n4 x: H, n
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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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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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- H! j3 O8 g% n/ m, T公仔箱論壇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.- Z; [, m# h- S8 j
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'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!)'
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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.; S! i+ W/ m% W6 T
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future) L0 Z. ?2 K1 N( F- y2 O1 |1 m
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
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2 B2 a% u8 T: F4 y' ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb T! u2 J- y5 F0 n
) O+ S7 m; V7 L) M' Q: [0 lThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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# w- R! O$ o, I2 U2 N, Z7 ^* }( x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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/ \% l$ k! R* U- y% j: Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHeinz 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'.公仔箱論壇$ `4 A1 }' b" j7 {& E
4 P) J+ q$ [+ x( O z: x4 B9 t: dos.tvboxnow.com'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'7 U( s1 r x" o+ S+ T: `
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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.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- t v7 u3 ^" V
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