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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1 ~1 w9 j6 D7 X3 u2 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAny 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.
4 q! h H) Y% a9 O& }3 ^0 Q6 \公仔箱論壇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.www2.tvboxnow.com/ |7 N( Z6 Q7 g. |
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.- y% i0 k" o# O: c# @2 ^( U% a
( _$ c1 G7 k$ H, g U公仔箱論壇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., w& m% L% d3 F! v
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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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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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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.- Q% r" N2 R* n0 Z" K; ^
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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.'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。6 f# I( T3 J2 n' y
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3 B9 Q. f- f5 ~ sSmith, 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。# V6 a" e! Q# k3 i3 u) T# r
1 p8 y0 g8 ]$ c! } M'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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# u# c5 S3 Q: n! }$ y2 c" h. Qwww2.tvboxnow.com'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. Y1 ~8 c! e* {% _$ p
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6 ~7 O+ {7 n" u: ZFor 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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8 r+ P3 {0 X; }1 ]$ @( k; fThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...公仔箱論壇' u" {" a3 b" A/ Q+ c5 f
2 X' ]+ V; L4 _% K# m# cSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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: K; h3 R9 K, b/ Cwww2.tvboxnow.comDave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"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% O% ]6 h7 J5 W: B8 r
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 g4 n- P. @" [
. R3 B+ k7 e; r0 R0 O$ v$ y'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.'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! l1 g6 r
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' C6 j$ ?2 Z/ ?. E: O. XThe $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.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 M3 R a/ I4 G- s* F0 Q
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'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!)'
7 c6 m: Z+ z/ m1 {% |9 g0 Q) g公仔箱論壇Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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' s, Y& ~* n/ Z- TFor 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.' B8 r( s3 s# q! Y' S1 L N/ x
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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future- }! V/ ` Z( s3 |: \% A
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide公仔箱論壇+ v" M, k( u; o( i0 P% k
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROPTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% I* @4 P0 A) T
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?5 }' N5 O* c& T
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.- f a0 m8 `* U3 `
1 a _9 ]" ?1 d9 _: Q+ S- [公仔箱論壇There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.公仔箱論壇! j0 x8 G7 @& ]; x/ y, @8 l
8 T, Q$ X8 M" n& K6 O2 R3 N1 |, _www2.tvboxnow.comOr, 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. n8 N5 ^. a- u7 ^$ m/ l
) s8 k" V% I3 p; m3 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHeinz 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'.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 z- {/ K4 ] L. t% c
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6 j9 B- l- Q9 t3 Y5 g% xWhen 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.www2.tvboxnow.com H9 Z- m4 h" T7 Y1 E& X
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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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