Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
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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.9 W0 u9 y$ Y" T0 O
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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( e" k& e2 J) K2 O/ N* @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。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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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.www2.tvboxnow.com! L+ L; K0 b& U4 v* h$ L) v6 X
" j$ u9 C& |; S+ F$ nwww2.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.# I n. p1 o% { ?5 \% W
7 L! n6 K0 J! b8 P$ ?* e! I" Rwww2.tvboxnow.comBurger 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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'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.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。6 w/ m; E- K# B
7 N5 ?/ G; ^ ] ~8 {: L# Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.'
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.8 P5 }# J! H# ^! m" J) \& M8 l2 W; k
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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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9 i: o; v* a7 b6 ?'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.7 e; x) W/ R9 b) }/ r
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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
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6 G6 u8 P% @' T: r& nThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...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。) a. g' L2 y. Z, U- m
; |( i0 g; D* m; Z公仔箱論壇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。4 q! p. c; o3 u( W& W
4 f- \; z t8 z, X) Ywww2.tvboxnow.comDave 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 $17billion market.. d, B+ t* q4 q2 K9 j
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'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, C, x( z% W. g: [$ q2 k
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; T1 R! q& I; c y$ W/ X- ~
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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.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。. b8 C! S7 d4 F3 S
. g. H2 u) D v8 g2 \公仔箱論壇'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!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 |% ?) R0 o" y; h! N( s# `5 y
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 o7 ^( \) {- {. c" n
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide9 z+ Q6 g3 N/ z) D- D
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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6 K- {0 P, O" M4 q1 L3 \" i; A. n8 G: q公仔箱論壇There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.' ?& j/ B: {# G: g3 p1 |
& H K/ g) {% e& l! n) Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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Heinz recommends this tip: 'To release ketchup faster from the glass bottle, apply a firm tap to the sweet spot on the neck of the bottle - the '57'.
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, L5 N: b* @/ S2 X公仔箱論壇When the bottle is completely full, a vacuum keeps the sauce intact - so use a knife to get the first bit out, and it will get easier after that.www2.tvboxnow.com9 t ^5 m; ^0 ~$ L( a4 G1 X
2 Y. h2 n1 ~) i8 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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