Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)) m3 g) B* }, Z1 N: b f
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012' y' }* w. Q6 I6 g, ^
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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.
1 ?, Z" N# ]. f5 M/ aBut now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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$ N) n" m7 U! Q% ^- K4 lwww1.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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4 k9 b R) \& B' n+ l公仔箱論壇The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 t: w! Q9 Q* C1 w; L: i
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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.
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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.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。! E+ O% j- ^2 S$ T3 }9 I
0 r8 B& i' E& W/ t7 T# r'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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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.
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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.'www1.tvboxnow.com. I$ M5 L( Y1 x$ f1 ]8 n
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.! f& x( ]9 I, p$ t4 X
3 g0 s7 s: r8 J I! ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSmith, 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.3 A/ p- g$ n) L4 {7 S0 M$ O
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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.公仔箱論壇. j2 P" ]& n' U- q# J6 n3 E( ~
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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% W8 C4 Q3 l; H8 N! z- c+ `5 Y
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2 d1 m2 L7 o7 m/ Q" s- DThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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5 O9 {/ u5 T) iSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?公仔箱論壇% m+ v G' {2 q: W
0 K# O( w2 t0 K* t RDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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5 Z2 L7 D* F) k' z0 ?7 R; M'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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'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.'( }; K- ~1 b/ Y5 K: A( h+ ^7 G
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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.公仔箱論壇' e7 G1 R( ^/ {' M' G: U9 g
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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8 G; u% z# j$ g+ ?' AThe 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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'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!)'# P) K+ E7 u0 R- O5 \& v
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemwww1.tvboxnow.com: K! `! v0 @& } u B: @/ r0 z# {
* B( k" _% q& `; a3 i/ K/ @; s( pFor 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.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。) c: e: c% }( W& D& K9 U9 _
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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- S2 T0 Z6 E$ B. J$ B* ~HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
6 Z" G* }% F8 L8 ZSo 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.公仔箱論壇5 {8 v; W) T+ l! D" v
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.公仔箱論壇- L8 h9 l5 g, k1 t% {
& J5 a6 e9 Q/ Z3 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOr, 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. o/ Q* M$ P: z x& Z
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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'.6 C# j; M8 X! j3 K& e$ K6 m# ~1 S
% o, A7 [" c( [$ B \4 J2 iwww1.tvboxnow.com'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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( a" n: o$ j. u- R" _2 D ^! htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhen 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。5 d+ m- R: x }# @. i( k3 {
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