Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)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。: H, Y+ a& u2 x L: \! p, E
By Eddie Wrenn公仔箱論壇9 D; @0 I/ U* v8 k. q* s# o1 a
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。2 W9 Q8 @( G4 l5 e/ W0 I) t
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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3 u) _+ ^8 p3 K( V- n K& K" @www2.tvboxnow.comThe 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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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.5 c5 W+ b5 R1 d" I, L3 K
7 n( H; j" n$ N'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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3 J+ q7 [7 A' X2 v9 `www2.tvboxnow.com'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.
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! Q! B& x6 E' t k" O. z. U公仔箱論壇'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.'www2.tvboxnow.com0 v( X- d" r V, @/ g* w. {
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.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。8 p% j& B# }$ m0 Z
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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.( j7 R- {1 V2 T9 H9 S+ W
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ l4 G+ z6 m/ a1 L8 z7 ?0 C% q0 e
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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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% r4 n: m8 ?, G) n/ x* H, N/ s公仔箱論壇The 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?"3 u C5 a+ C, ~8 z, j
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.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。5 }! C+ w/ \! B& V; M4 q) s. n4 R& f
! b, }# M4 _3 B* O! F7 ^; bwww2.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.'
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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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( j& Y, n p7 M. TThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.www2.tvboxnow.com5 l! O2 o4 {/ v0 |" `& @
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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。4 `; a5 |6 i+ ]! O6 i
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!www2.tvboxnow.com5 @& V- r8 J3 r7 ~' q7 Q0 E
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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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i, w2 Z: H9 lTeam 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' J, G/ T0 W% _' G
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( f" p9 _, I3 R, u4 PNot 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?
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4 h, [6 d: D Z5 U3 Z8 F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.2 W% _. u+ F2 V/ Y: s
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7 y; W5 @" `; N. Y. ?, z- `7 k公仔箱論壇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'.3 B+ R. N! ?# a# ]
0 k" t! K2 |5 w( q: H1 d6 j. b; awww2.tvboxnow.com'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.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 ] N( a* O4 `. Q( b, T; n
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