Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)* I' x; q( `- @4 o* Q' O
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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( P( d% c4 u- J) H, X$ G' Y& N: q' 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。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.
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/ v/ g2 k: I9 {0 c" s" T; {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,bttvb1 Y5 |5 `# F) j' i- J% s4 Z: m; P
. x. s+ B+ V' P h: `9 bwww2.tvboxnow.comThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.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。. j$ {0 b: n/ c
7 c8 Q: {5 i+ yMIT 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.
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3 {/ ]2 j5 T% w& B, B+ i+ m5 L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.www2.tvboxnow.com9 ]0 c3 ?6 q. N: A
6 L$ ^( U, }2 l'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.公仔箱論壇! a0 |5 X$ T# l8 t$ C9 u; ^
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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.'www2.tvboxnow.com( d! R4 g0 i. ?6 G, O: X6 X
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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+ X. f6 p% d4 A2 P: gSmith, 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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'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.5 `" C+ W9 m1 {0 J/ j) a6 F" o
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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 chipswww2.tvboxnow.com2 g: b; h s' x' o( h
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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?9 W7 S! Z; ~8 P0 G0 t% F
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.公仔箱論壇; v; D# D) y0 _' {: N5 k
8 u$ q( j" u# R5 w& ~'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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/ s7 _( u2 o9 H# u/ C' [3 a) k" qThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.www2.tvboxnow.com: K2 c& r6 ^4 P5 i
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.& l" v$ T L, M% f$ N. B- `
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; Y, r$ @3 E2 d2 x/ G9 H公仔箱論壇'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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( b. L) B& a" x; e Q+ A4 R- g'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!)'
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- h5 l. h( w/ b6 s; S' s- YFor 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.www2.tvboxnow.com, B8 @% Q7 W6 F1 M# t# ~
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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+ @7 w( c9 O6 r5 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHOW TO GET THE LAST DROP公仔箱論壇6 I( } m% q5 w4 s& p% A& G
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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$ x0 b1 N8 B7 ^7 T公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇' J) H: |' j& b
7 ~# x3 ]6 Y" K" }: a* Utvb 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'.2 `5 {0 S2 j u9 Z9 q& V; k
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) ]& J; }7 U- N _: XWhen 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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|! E) k) C& ^4 ~. v公仔箱論壇And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.公仔箱論壇4 N2 M- M3 i% u
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