Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 k7 H# [" F& M+ ~) R
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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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 F% i: p6 f: q3 L9 b/ q ?
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.6 x. w% M# p* `" i2 [6 V
! t! H9 z% |- }- `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.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。, r; t1 U- O3 q3 L7 s$ P; Q" R8 N
! q/ M9 W1 w. a; t. T0 n- _4 FThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% i ?! `0 e5 g
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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.公仔箱論壇$ A. ], e' V6 P
( r# T( @0 P/ R& Z+ D4 w; g'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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; |" {, v+ [5 h'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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4 j2 E& c* y" s0 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNaturally, 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.www1.tvboxnow.com( W# n1 e; M) D: q
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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.www1.tvboxnow.com4 u9 F- k4 \( I* n/ t
e# b- S' `, x t# P0 a2 C) Swww1.tvboxnow.com'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'3 M" p' G2 N: h$ F# i, l
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- S, a- R& G9 V公仔箱論壇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
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The 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?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) f# }& M7 V8 H* }
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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3 b6 m) u2 e0 D: F( t# H'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.% p& s. z& ?6 R9 z+ h7 c* }
8 x; _ q8 w2 c; V7 J* }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.'
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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.www1.tvboxnow.com4 ]; B6 G! \! z) q2 C9 F& s
9 n" ^" g0 G* Y% D, gThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb L: v4 b- x9 _+ [
( C* Y/ t6 \- w3 V3 m/ A6 Z, `% W2 B/ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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!
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5 Q) c& F7 z4 Z/ E6 m'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!)'' t4 X2 D: w4 U! d, W' k' 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.
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2 E* z3 u2 z- |6 q% f( \! B* X公仔箱論壇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 futuretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 o2 a% A ]( ~5 A$ r. c% l
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
$ T1 K( y0 {; `4 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo 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.
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4 h4 Y! R* S# eThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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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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0 @, [1 O! }1 v/ {+ yHeinz 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, z* C; I5 \' S- e1 o
7 }! G5 ]3 p: a" e5 Lwww1.tvboxnow.com'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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( b0 l3 C: W: ?2 | m5 \) X公仔箱論壇And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) H0 p' X4 J" ^! q& b
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