Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)公仔箱論壇% o7 \( {: g9 y( X. l* b
By Eddie Wrenn
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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.
7 R5 B s6 q' D6 f2 ]1 g) q公仔箱論壇But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.www2.tvboxnow.com( U8 z( T# T) U9 p2 ^8 t: R. @
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.- B2 p2 \" R1 d2 }$ t* h
+ Q' U' m7 ^7 G: zwww2.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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: L; X/ `+ f" x
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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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/ |+ ~% T0 e5 B; O# J! U) J6 y公仔箱論壇'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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8 M) r% J# D- R7 E6 x'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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, {) J( m; C9 B5 d'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.'公仔箱論壇, @+ Y) j" X0 L# b
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.$ a; U1 @; F1 G
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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.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。! Z: L, s5 A; t4 V5 D' Z
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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.
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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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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?"
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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, w2 t- ^: p; x4 q* gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.'公仔箱論壇- s N+ W' w- L8 _; f2 m7 f7 q
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ |5 C: `; U2 M+ C# |) B
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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0 a2 K3 k& B$ o ^9 F) H+ n* u公仔箱論壇'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!)'公仔箱論壇$ _6 s. v$ h2 G
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemwww2.tvboxnow.com, ` c1 y1 a% B$ P
% b$ a" G5 f" \, e: I& X, b. EFor 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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8 l0 p9 X- J$ S" \0 ?; }Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?www2.tvboxnow.com% c! K4 O% ]3 B1 V% T
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) ], u8 t/ | o, r/ z w
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Or, most common, is the 'tap-tap-tap' approach, where you hit the end of the bottle and wait for the ketchup to fall - but this normally either takes a while - or ends up covering your food with way too much sauce.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 P3 M* G/ G" t( }/ }, K4 B
5 h) j9 W4 i# K( R$ N+ `公仔箱論壇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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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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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.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。" A# V) _: [: P$ }
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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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