Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
t- V" u; P; j, i# aBy Eddie Wrenn
4 {+ Q O5 B: B" m9 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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A# Q! m+ L& o4 _- ZAny 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 u+ L; n) G: j' ~/ y
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.公仔箱論壇; J* ?+ H/ I# V8 t q
: q+ d, b# z% T; C# a2 \$ zwww2.tvboxnow.comMIT 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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! x5 n/ x: E- R# B0 X9 x0 ]公仔箱論壇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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: Z! }, o3 N, q7 N) e: o U5 s公仔箱論壇'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.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 z1 h9 x2 D. W X) K
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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.'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 f" j C$ G8 I/ ~+ Y
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.公仔箱論壇& E& D4 A5 e9 R
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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.公仔箱論壇5 o& k9 T6 c; M' e7 i
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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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'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公仔箱論壇2 n7 o/ L" Z2 f
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...公仔箱論壇: ]! O- A/ ~# w& [( r
8 C) a' }2 ?- G @+ U7 ^3 s3 YSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?公仔箱論壇3 G1 V& z% t' |& M( i* a* V5 Z+ f$ A
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"' G2 f k- f: k" p, n0 d' X
( n- m K- K3 U1 o5 `'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.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。9 t, o: u# H+ ]+ k4 k
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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.'
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9 I7 q: b5 w& I% c! c, r ~www2.tvboxnow.comThe 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) W. ?! Z# t% E8 R) v3 t* Z
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful. ]8 i& E" q0 z" |$ E9 Y+ e
7 `# e1 j; V! S2 z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.公仔箱論壇. L' a2 P" w, R9 \+ J- C
g ?; E+ i. l7 u$ M'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!' v2 k. |5 f- I7 x, |, N
. I: c5 |$ I9 [5 E% `'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!)'
' Q$ m' ?* j- d7 w8 D0 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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' w6 g/ v1 l4 XTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future, @- m6 J5 [- e
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# `( z6 Z1 L4 N) d% Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 y: u: m* I3 k ^
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?" Q3 q. L4 t0 ~2 _% P) g5 N
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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p6 j( v/ `1 _' ^% B% v: S6 T公仔箱論壇Heinz recommends this tip: 'To release ketchup faster from the glass bottle, apply a firm tap to the sweet spot on the neck of the bottle - the '57'.
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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' k" i. F$ O* G6 W5 s* ~' p4 Zwww2.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.公仔箱論壇0 v% W/ a/ w( X+ j- M) H+ u8 q
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.6 }* ~7 t' N/ ^4 y
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