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。3 ]& N" F- n( u8 ]. Y g
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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+ |' Y- S! P; l9 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.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。: s+ P0 Q+ ], l5 Q# \
% n8 H* |1 r! c1 G8 k8 b8 ?www2.tvboxnow.comThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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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.
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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.7 ^$ x( c* A3 u! a8 H
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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.'
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.www2.tvboxnow.com3 I7 S, Q" u9 X: n
, G9 B% ^1 I+ V9 G0 J/ T z, ^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.
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$ m" Q4 B+ X$ x& K: j$ O9 Q. k# m: CTVBNOW 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。'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.2 s' _: U7 P0 q& e1 r2 a0 {, n
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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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0 ~4 I& f0 R/ {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。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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) v T' B. L# D6 ^# n; m# nThe 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?
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"0 k+ F; E$ M- o) p
- R3 N) E, t: i/ G5 z'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.( y6 T$ Z% z" a, p' S9 _
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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.'公仔箱論壇2 u6 d2 S% l! K( Q, {5 `
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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.
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* B* U8 ` t+ F- N# G5 N2 v. t'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!)'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: ^ S1 N9 w, K1 z
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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+ \& V6 ?$ e) i- u8 t8 zwww2.tvboxnow.comFor 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.
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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 futureTVBNOW 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。3 L- \) z! F5 {# C$ b0 z. L6 d, D
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% Z$ z. Z# [: r% h! e: n公仔箱論壇Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& N+ ~! t$ z! _3 i2 }
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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0 @( U/ l6 \1 P# u( O
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9 u! j. _$ O. L) b( r- H8 Q/ Etvb 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.
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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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. {: P: C$ x) i1 kwww2.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., T$ H: X8 M% ?" l+ Z8 s$ `4 L
9 I' r( {, n8 Z7 M0 p. FAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' E3 C7 C n: Z. J
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