Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 k0 ~8 p7 h/ J! u0 s
By Eddie Wrenn公仔箱論壇* E. d5 x, V0 z4 ^" ?. ~7 R
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.www2.tvboxnow.com4 |9 H7 B9 o$ L7 h
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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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.公仔箱論壇/ G/ c# b% `1 k
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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.www2.tvboxnow.com/ h7 X6 c. E) l1 _; `$ L( G9 e1 Q
5 `' O4 p* _, j4 h p% r/ m0 vwww2.tvboxnow.com'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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# x) P- H/ _! N7 @& L" ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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'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.com) J7 a- }9 }; l) g6 p) o0 i
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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., z2 q; [2 o( d; A) i
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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.公仔箱論壇6 q# h6 R0 s" B8 z/ o
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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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/ D' f7 \* J* D3 z: Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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E, v. Z) y) T; ~: ESo 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?"
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.% S) P) \0 l, g9 ?3 y
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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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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.公仔箱論壇; J5 W, l" Q" Q0 j9 n/ J* U! P( z
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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.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!公仔箱論壇+ v6 a+ c2 i( K
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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!)'
9 c8 y l/ T" Q `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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5 x9 m& }( E5 F T4 }& [* n* {( {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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 ~! ^. q% S8 O6 e/ k1 }
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futureTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% X; u) C* O! G; H8 f2 t# I
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?公仔箱論壇, Z* K6 F5 q" Z o
: w# w$ P. _8 w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.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 k2 n1 e% O5 _1 n
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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.
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C4 F, l% h# B( r9 u B8 gOr, 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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0 I1 w& Q1 g/ QHeinz 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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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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. x" b0 g( `; H. dWhen 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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8 A) t* A: i; W# \1 R: O6 y! ^* `www2.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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