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.
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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.3 }% ?( F6 a. j8 T1 k
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( Q- W4 w" ^8 R$ D; v" Z4 Rwww2.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.公仔箱論壇5 B5 q" E9 N' |1 ~
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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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4 s+ w1 d3 o+ D$ H+ P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。1 M9 [) \' n. W& K; v& [3 I- n
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; _" h) J1 W R& ^
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.www2.tvboxnow.com! C+ J0 e8 [, S" q5 y* c" G0 n' d0 a
]$ N$ ^, C9 l$ W' J/ YSmith, 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.
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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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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ I) V- U: s( {4 [, V5 g
$ g9 E( i1 m( @5 m: R. h4 ?公仔箱論壇So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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. p y' j' N7 J6 b* ZDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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+ T: F6 k2 [) I! W# R$ n/ U Q'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.# g0 R9 |$ ]$ s" Z, X$ Y
% Q" x, {% n* V" Xwww2.tvboxnow.com'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.'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。# q# A6 j0 H+ T' Y- j
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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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+ t- O' ~, w5 @" Q) m0 KThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. l- w A1 v' B) L3 E7 U& S
& p4 ~1 y2 ^4 S, \* Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.
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, u. c R5 _6 k9 T0 `: |'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'
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8 h1 f2 {2 `+ h' _www2.tvboxnow.comFor example, you could drag and drop a picture file between all the different photo services without needing to re-upload and re-tag on each occasion.
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4 r# ?9 a9 n$ o5 F+ `www2.tvboxnow.comTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: g1 `* m4 M5 q1 r! h: ^
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3 w+ b8 q5 U7 wHOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
) l5 S& s( V3 }: r6 i$ [* d! _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。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 are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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1 h' X* c8 [3 `' h公仔箱論壇There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you 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。7 {9 u; n0 b6 O8 ]( M4 M# P" v3 o
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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.8 I) U& ^; E3 B2 }: Y, t0 d
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" M( p9 W; L1 W3 Q6 a'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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- G2 Q( P# N0 j8 Q ?: T0 _www2.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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* [, ?# p K8 d: O3 p' u8 z4 T; v
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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