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。0 c7 W( H- a( A! O
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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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.
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3 E+ L4 A# V. ?5 y, N# r% J3 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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。. G5 N9 j4 v* i
5 q* N( H+ y' d! k# B8 b6 ~www2.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.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。; E( } l- L! x8 h1 ~
5 u3 J0 Z& ~8 h7 }) MBurger 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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0 W" [3 u& s; y( a6 u6 \; }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.www2.tvboxnow.com4 b% s' h; ]1 ~$ x$ a, d9 D
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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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( S! m8 f b2 f% u公仔箱論壇Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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" n/ a& M; Q8 d7 U C公仔箱論壇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.- V, s* H! h% H( j
, [7 }$ S1 Q" G- g4 j$ O'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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[% ^8 \: J# h: A. s4 b g( ^- m公仔箱論壇'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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- ]6 [4 q9 c( l0 X, h. IFor 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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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?"公仔箱論壇4 x1 V9 c$ V5 ]' i' i, k* q
. k2 l) Y% m0 |: w5 M6 D# P$ g公仔箱論壇'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'
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( }+ u$ D# t) c# ^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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7 _; k' w$ o. l0 c% d `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.www2.tvboxnow.com1 K; h, p3 r% z: X6 C: x( ~- h) X; F
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.. I: P$ u% J: e
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'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。+ o" Y6 S# n9 {! x
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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!)'
5 q O8 H; M9 C, R! \: w4 S4 w8 bDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem公仔箱論壇 T& d" `' w# O+ m" y( v( i& b9 S
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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.
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futurewww2.tvboxnow.com- Q* D4 H0 k/ Q; u8 H3 T- x
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: I, j5 q- g! s+ l& gNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?公仔箱論壇# T& Z/ ^& e8 G' N S& n- i' t
, N" X: m8 t0 z# c# }+ xwww2.tvboxnow.comThere are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, J1 |& I n. F! w
3 l* s, O3 K7 I9 E( @ f/ B0 cThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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, d, M$ F2 n! W! r! A. 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。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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8 s3 F2 w9 h% o. O( m'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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- I4 f& N8 P# G/ Z- ^6 gWhen 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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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.www2.tvboxnow.com- G# A9 ^0 s/ H6 Q
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