Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ G4 `4 A i' C
By Eddie Wrenn
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" G% `/ r' [9 W3 J: btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAny 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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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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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.
9 \, P2 t. `. Q& p3 ^4 WTVBNOW 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。
- J9 a4 {) |: g* }5 x; KTVBNOW 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。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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+ \ h) _1 n! V, E, k( \'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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' W6 T$ I6 ?$ a! w7 h! C5 ?'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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 p2 c( i1 y' C5 A3 G. R. x
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. H6 V3 i) }. V n$ o
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.公仔箱論壇0 T, Z) c% f( h
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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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$ ]/ s7 y6 @/ y' @, B1 {: r2 T'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& t1 v7 Q5 y9 Z1 N/ d
5 T7 N$ _0 |* h" I3 f7 a9 R'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 chipswww1.tvboxnow.com0 c( C3 d8 |2 B# w
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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]! L# g r( ^" VSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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" x0 S; H$ q( G1 F1 e3 I'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.
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.www1.tvboxnow.com0 C- O2 M) q0 h; \7 b
; @+ k# x6 E% }8 D; T/ a公仔箱論壇The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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0 i3 `' A4 i6 E8 v) p9 l'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'
9 m; ~7 t$ q, v& s1 s( s公仔箱論壇Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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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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Y8 J3 q5 I/ u# z! c" h$ T公仔箱論壇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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 D( ~1 K( ? S l h3 ^- D
5 I) H, M6 M9 J8 [9 @7 CThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.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。( ^( H- v1 F2 |# m
' n" m7 f. `" y: \! z% b* f& A& n( stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 E5 S% L7 ~) a
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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.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。, `& U' G' n0 Q5 ]$ U
( ?5 Z9 X3 k( [: Z- [$ p fTVBNOW 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。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,bttvb3 |) C. Z3 Z$ _: v/ p9 p
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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& y( y: \5 D: \, c5 i9 ~www1.tvboxnow.comWhen 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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