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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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. X) c- \0 h$ ?0 h
2 s% \9 J, }1 u3 l, _* ?3 W! tAny 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 } H+ h, ~1 C6 V2 l9 M
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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. |1 F' u5 b$ V1 }4 Z- Y6 j" ^2 xThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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8 o6 P" q# v! J; Z* mMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.
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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) _! X6 ]' q1 ~1 w
( E9 m6 M9 R* |' \& Nwww2.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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5 N5 B; b- O F% ]8 T# Mtvb 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.公仔箱論壇; G2 z# h' w; Z r; U( W$ _" a5 }# X
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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。/ I7 y$ x! C2 v9 d/ _1 s1 }7 M
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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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.; L7 Y2 O0 g+ I5 r% v% z
6 B* K6 }. a4 \, t) K) ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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0 y( [0 i1 C1 G# s0 `7 j6 g
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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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4 U1 F5 v' ~0 E2 ^, ~$ V6 x6 W公仔箱論壇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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]0 |' S9 i, m9 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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4 n- Q/ [4 W2 Q& {0 X$ X0 g, Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?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。' e" Y" O/ N( E8 p4 z
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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. N8 t M/ `6 b/ ~www2.tvboxnow.com'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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! C' B7 E5 N" I' D'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'www2.tvboxnow.com$ b' H* T1 n; y5 T9 z. T% F. g
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 S0 \/ X$ C8 [* s
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ N( ?- _$ o+ T4 x
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!0 ?. z; h3 ]& \, D- ]3 u
- w: M# z* z* p4 f'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!)'6 q9 {% t8 s; y7 j( e
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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# U* k5 h* g& V; a4 C+ }: v) g' W公仔箱論壇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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# z; i( [% }" n( owww2.tvboxnow.comNot a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide. a/ H3 X, S: @+ W
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' f% J7 j! S7 c1 o; wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
5 r' ~) s# Q( ~$ m9 N' I- R' BSo while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?, E; H: }- Y% H# E h1 q
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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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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'.公仔箱論壇/ I+ C% V" w) e6 u$ f
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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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: ^3 A5 y: d1 B7 D/ Awww2.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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