Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months) . g( T$ M% j& ~2 z5 z8 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Eddie Wrenn % d7 O5 v, ]% v! i# S% [0 Aos.tvboxnow.comPUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012 & p6 p, z- c: K7 m+ qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbos.tvboxnow.com- [; d' Z3 r+ U& S x4 N$ r0 q
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.- S$ C! j; Y( a
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever. - ^5 V4 O) }) o1 a# Y( ^$ P Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 }: Z3 Q5 n: E6 B9 K+ u
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& |8 V' ~ a. z6 t5 ^! M3 V
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed. 2 e+ B; J! |3 e9 V! K9 [& t7 P! I
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. * r0 D' U6 P% ~公仔箱論壇os.tvboxnow.com q0 X D5 m$ L) _. I/ q: o. Z
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. 9 M l5 ^! @5 }4 }+ j* ]. n公仔箱論壇 X# N) ]+ H. H8 c7 q" A+ e! |9 O o公仔箱論壇'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 s* C) s) |% c9 x
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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. 2 t. z/ y! I, [7 GTVBNOW 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。& @ i, Y1 X: ?) `, S# I: h4 z
'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.' * u) u# m- D5 G, H0 g8 c5 z0 MTVBNOW 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。os.tvboxnow.com- d/ r' ?6 c, V0 `* I8 G+ E4 ~
Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.7 E! e; o6 y% G: Z
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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. ( G8 n; F; _9 g公仔箱論壇 + J, i3 [7 \9 T% a$ Yos.tvboxnow.com'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me. # T* }2 J/ q2 `4 B2 Dos.tvboxnow.com 1 r) H! l* h4 c4 r'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 s0 @- Y! \% e2 e& K0 X
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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, U7 v% }$ j0 k; k' c+ g
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 n- C, R) E# H0 B0 N4 v/ d: y
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product? 3 I6 L4 i7 K& i, v& ?& Tos.tvboxnow.comtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 v" ^3 S) ~: \+ V6 o K9 J- ^2 D
Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?", k' S) w* G; t8 |
?" t* k8 J/ e- i'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market. + h9 C0 f1 ~, K & ^* W/ c3 b/ X9 y$ Y. Xos.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.' 1 U; b, s+ l$ e3 N公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ e4 f+ U+ K2 o; G7 d% m
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. 8 f3 x' {! z$ l! M& l& J0 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbos.tvboxnow.com( l8 `; K* k: Y# u |0 O8 m
The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful. K' |, Z" T K7 s) F) Z1 Z
, h) w- v- M8 S& ?% OThe product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together. 3 u7 s6 x& b) z1 R0 O7 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - ~* i7 q! K8 }8 P'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no! ) x: H% G, [4 k Yos.tvboxnow.com 2 `0 `! o* W+ c% U' jTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'os.tvboxnow.com3 l) e, G/ c. t5 F7 [
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem公仔箱論壇8 a6 \, A$ I8 W+ d" ]% V' e# T
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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.公仔箱論壇% [. q# D# t- Y y4 ^
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future 6 J, [3 ]- J4 H" f! stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 D3 _, Y: z4 l$ k7 d! B% w9 x 4 G0 O3 t- v* A- INot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide公仔箱論壇+ C$ ?! `; b" {; z3 s7 b- x5 k
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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? c# Y( U6 A% d# ]6 P& {# `" j; LTVBNOW 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。 ) G" y1 R8 P' Q# ]! `$ p. x1 o) tTVBNOW 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。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2 J3 u( ~- d I4 D1 l J
J6 `9 `3 p. u9 c$ ]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。There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out. ; T: e3 ~6 F1 q; E/ ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 g5 J7 r: ~ b$ B! w. J* l
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.; a) d0 `# U; ~4 V* J" r
" t" Y/ g+ y, F2 K- v& n! _4 S* K) @tvb 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'.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 d# D# ~) F' }' Y
0 B! g& d( X. _3 J'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ y4 \* a I: i% }1 R1 E
0 F1 R8 Y7 D, Z, JWhen 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. " i! {% }) i3 M8 m7 Eos.tvboxnow.comos.tvboxnow.com0 F8 @* F) q9 U
And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.3 j0 }$ B% O1 c8 D. h2 z" i
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