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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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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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.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。1 H/ E ?3 C- I9 }3 w' u {
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.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。1 m- H1 T* h8 d/ F# z
1 u3 A6 [% P( M4 j0 O公仔箱論壇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. b. O, a6 @; J% N. R
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.& ^- I' `( V, L
# p, A1 Y/ B; b, k' R' TMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.$ V2 o5 }1 b$ Z
3 h6 N7 z9 q8 S. n. A W. F) m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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'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 o7 l$ e; Q
% P; L" o2 t: Y( B* k: H' x9 K4 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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) ~* E" J6 h) I3 Y6 mNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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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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: @& j6 L3 @$ n+ `公仔箱論壇'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: d! Y/ [3 k5 L* W6 J
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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.'公仔箱論壇! B" D3 l% }" }7 P, ^) k
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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# J7 n( a e; x' g/ j$ ]: D) }: U. |
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& x5 p1 `5 E8 C% Q1 `( pThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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, l0 c0 L! m7 Z" f/ u' BSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 l) F! Y6 E$ ?
9 n& F4 b! H- H- D0 D, I, [; X3 O! bDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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9 f: _# ^, q; V4 o! c+ r'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market. F8 l! k* p$ D; m @6 F& r6 e
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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.'www2.tvboxnow.com* y( {# [( y: A( \
, A! @, Q* H ]& K7 B9 U- p公仔箱論壇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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4 Y& H, J% y, {公仔箱論壇The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 e% T7 ?( {' Z* I- h
) e/ K$ N' m1 @ [2 Q, FThe 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/ D. T5 ]& J ~' d1 Q; O$ B. w
8 I8 Y$ X& ]2 m etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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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!)'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。2 o2 m+ {* Z/ h+ @) F0 V/ O4 \
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem/ b9 n, Z& X; B* d7 d, `/ ]
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( L1 r$ j% Y& ~www2.tvboxnow.comTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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4 T$ r- L3 ?; k* p6 j. W; E1 jHOW TO GET THE LAST DROPTVBNOW 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 v. t8 |: K" k& j
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 _% z7 c3 `% w z# o- pThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.* F# y p8 Z& Y
" X7 }# f1 |3 R1 \4 ~www2.tvboxnow.comThere'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$ N9 h$ G9 ?" g% P
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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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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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6 u2 c% C# T- L9 l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.0 J4 q$ T8 b$ b: r4 Y6 I- ]% {
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