Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
3 }& |& V' L+ B$ HBy Eddie Wrenn
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6 p! J9 ?& U% C1 ~" G4 ?www2.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.
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1 j3 D, r# z8 @8 B: k7 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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) T" m+ \2 b- q5 z. k. Gwww2.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.公仔箱論壇* r u' d7 w9 S: _% c: x% Q
" Z% U ^. L; lBurger 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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- J8 l& ]' z& L Cwww2.tvboxnow.com'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.* o* {, ]) E* j& a4 r* G
* d" y" D% W" k'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.www2.tvboxnow.com g) r* o1 l8 g$ k/ \8 u
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 }5 \5 _' Z1 b& b. G
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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y3 G* ]" L) q# @8 ]公仔箱論壇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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'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 chipstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 y; ~/ u( W9 U0 R5 @
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?www2.tvboxnow.com7 X( P6 u4 s6 B% E: s0 Z
' h6 [. s0 n7 e. e2 Y+ R9 _Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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5 n Y; z2 m" e. _'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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% e* z9 z) E! q8 H- H8 L4 fwww2.tvboxnow.com'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'www2.tvboxnow.com) m: z- h9 ?+ { S, G; X: ?8 l
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The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.' M+ O/ M8 r$ n L+ m0 A- u; d
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.公仔箱論壇3 e! b7 E8 ^* i! Q$ Z( b
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# M5 B! `& F* y0 V l# \'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!)'
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6 ]) J" x3 }0 y1 v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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: I. Z: k6 l) i- Y公仔箱論壇Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futureTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- N1 k. u; T5 T- \
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?
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" d) _5 ?5 A/ X$ a1 B2 ]) fThere'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( { s! b( @( w" V
" `4 m, X1 w, zwww2.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.公仔箱論壇$ n2 m- y" [ R. `$ U
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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'.8 O- d3 |. v9 N* G7 ^
, o* [. l, u2 z- o* o' V( i6 G公仔箱論壇'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( t+ @+ V, N4 T: P
! S [4 X! S# `2 Q4 k% {公仔箱論壇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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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# i! X8 i# g. p s$ s( j
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