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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3 m7 O! L, ?0 E h8 Jwww2.tvboxnow.comAny 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.
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. s6 @- n, |2 B公仔箱論壇The 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。. [( Z4 H+ d* A
* W3 A- D8 {) g0 kMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.www2.tvboxnow.com3 ?* Z, F, P+ v+ @( k! p* v4 e9 W
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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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' C) t8 E, j3 n5 s$ I7 n; Q# e0 K; s'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 J4 d4 G8 @: C1 o2 S
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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.公仔箱論壇; c5 C; ~& t' A& Y% ^8 h& R* z
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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.'2 I7 F5 T( I6 A
$ r8 ^3 r& ~ ]1 R9 ]www2.tvboxnow.comNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.公仔箱論壇, [$ Q3 E% y, G6 n' X- p
: ]1 I' Q# \% @: N+ i# @7 bTVBNOW 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。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.公仔箱論壇# |7 `! C/ c1 S2 B' m9 F
: q& ~* V% ?+ N) R% Dwww2.tvboxnow.com'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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ @) ^8 l) x. \- t3 u' `. L/ i
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- F- o8 R1 g3 `% [+ `. pFor 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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3 i3 B5 R) N" _& ?# Z9 q1 TThe 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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4 p3 ?1 M1 @+ p8 q6 [1 DDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"5 C2 @4 J( y+ K# p+ P i F# S
% V; ^7 Y7 d- v' [$ d* X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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3 E, B% [* X9 C# w. e0 ~www2.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.'8 @4 r: _- p+ @, O/ n9 U
) @5 H# ]: O. U% w+ Q5 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.公仔箱論壇* J/ [1 Q) v! b2 {7 D5 {) x
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.www2.tvboxnow.com0 C& M+ i* ]4 w# Y6 V% ]$ L4 S
8 e4 r' v# m: a5 M6 R% EThe 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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9 W8 ]; z) B; C+ n* ]' S8 zwww2.tvboxnow.com'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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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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/ n* e% j/ [' HTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futureTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. t) g# n7 x8 R( l: L$ }
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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?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。, \. U- ]% j, G$ A+ }
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There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.) ~" x: D9 s4 U: j+ x G/ {6 u9 }
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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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9 N, t$ ^; M9 @7 w; f: c$ VTVBNOW 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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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.
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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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