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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/ `, m- g |0 S. ~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.com" |" D" e! `: I3 x4 C/ \' ^8 {
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.3 O: P& r/ S: g- ?: O
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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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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.9 Q6 V6 y' a3 R E* Y
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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.
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1 c* j9 I2 f) N: @0 j# o$ N5 S Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBurger 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.5 Y% ^( { j0 {1 Q1 c. J- A5 L
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.* i& i: E. C V! W0 N# |" W
: e/ G$ U' {% s'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.'. g! Z( \5 }6 @9 [
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.公仔箱論壇$ ?! `* M" r0 ~4 x4 D2 `
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9 ^4 j0 L; g: U' X Iwww2.tvboxnow.com'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.www2.tvboxnow.com4 F9 P# b+ | M" Y8 B: W
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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.'4 p9 g. ?- s4 y3 U7 m; S6 Y
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- j/ w) s! U1 ?$ {/ j: N; Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor 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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1 v3 e8 ~/ w9 i- J& L9 a公仔箱論壇The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out... @! W0 S8 r# t& s1 _
$ o, Q6 I* E" V. ~- @2 ASo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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7 b& X4 Y+ Z7 B6 @0 } r- M! I% wwww2.tvboxnow.comDave 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 $17billion market.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ @" \7 t$ f" e; z4 l8 M. z
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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.www2.tvboxnow.com8 j; z9 O; e! P: o- |) i
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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5 R9 X$ l7 v3 _+ H! Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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E3 @1 b4 W+ q# X'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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- M6 @ q& v. o( ~) u: P6 [; f& b'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!)'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 h. p: ~; q3 @- s) S5 x
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemwww2.tvboxnow.com5 o. {" ]1 H3 T9 e
! M/ D5 t) C" AFor 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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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futurewww2.tvboxnow.com" p; v ` N, M
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- o Q4 S$ z; q0 o3 ^: owww2.tvboxnow.comNot 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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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.- e. P/ }( F! O8 ~
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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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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.) [, a/ E7 [3 K4 i% E0 Y3 X
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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'.
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" O1 }& |8 \6 n" v' I% \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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 v" P& { @7 y" W
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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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