Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- w/ F. v' w% r& u1 V* o1 o
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012TVBNOW 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。+ w! s+ _6 T/ i# v/ ^: b
* s8 I/ ]3 X# ywww2.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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; B, T2 `& z; U6 ]+ ^7 ]
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.公仔箱論壇' E) V. |* I, K4 \7 D
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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.www2.tvboxnow.com2 r4 m0 B! \% ?7 [1 S1 T
) F1 L! {. J7 c* R# Awww2.tvboxnow.comThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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/ i7 ?9 T: e, S7 }* A' `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.www2.tvboxnow.com- ]$ Y2 d. M# H. O* j
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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.7 m- a' Y, J8 e3 y
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.1 Z) r) K5 F$ Z! H
+ n8 ]- K& N0 m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.: { M4 t4 K0 V! C. r$ z% k7 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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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.
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2 t4 o8 o, Y5 n8 F( A V9 {公仔箱論壇'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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, C5 U7 g. V& rwww2.tvboxnow.com'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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. L2 c7 Q% k( h2 k) u5 | {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor 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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+ @* D. o y, _. \- [. j. @7 jThe 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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/ }5 M* s( M% p- @7 O: t& MDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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: R7 Y* B8 z9 u* m& j2 G0 F* m'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.'www2.tvboxnow.com! N) {9 L9 Z1 f) {) o
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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.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。. n% q2 o3 _" a& w* A% U9 c. G6 D- Q
: x! H! J+ e7 C: |公仔箱論壇The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.6 J* A8 ~+ L ]/ Z
6 w3 e2 d1 L/ T- p! q) |. c5 ?'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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/ l9 ]8 B' w; P$ o- k: ^; ~# |www2.tvboxnow.com'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!)'
# v; m$ N( z' W4 U! t r4 zDave Smith, MIT, explains the problemtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 y: P, K# ?4 z3 R4 N! M6 w7 q
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9 h O9 A5 ^' d2 Q+ ]0 e# G J% e- n公仔箱論壇Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future8 y V0 d, z4 y- z! {9 ^
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROPtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% S+ o. _( [2 e- F7 m4 m1 W
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.www2.tvboxnow.com) r. U9 `. g/ F4 T+ ]
/ t8 v3 R) _* hwww2.tvboxnow.comThere's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.
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Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.
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2 A2 f* M" K4 D+ \" Z" [7 \0 UTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Heinz recommends this tip: 'To release ketchup faster from the glass bottle, apply a firm tap to the sweet spot on the neck of the bottle - the '57'.
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When the bottle is completely full, a vacuum keeps the sauce intact - so use a knife to get the first bit out, and it will get easier after that.* l, q9 K& a+ O8 V6 I5 s
" d( K' g2 D$ \. eAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.- v& v C* k$ q5 c8 C3 m9 l
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