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Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)www2.tvboxnow.com: a$ t& M" V( r# B1 `# W8 C
By Eddie Wrenn
PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012www2.tvboxnow.com6 P9 k. y( j6 K* q! a0 [# U

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., s# s1 z( ~( T
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.www2.tvboxnow.com! `7 h5 C) {! K; X

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.8 T# R5 {# f$ m0 {
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.

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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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.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。' l0 u: ?2 d7 B2 K0 ^8 }

'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.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。9 Y6 a( @; g" w' J5 P+ ?& f# c. N

'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, Z' Q+ h! \( \* \- m! l+ }0 G

'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.'
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.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。+ g" E1 Z" @1 r& t4 t& \ j3 V5 b
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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., D. z; ]! r. s+ A$ L& p

'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.$ B' q" O$ V' q* f, T5 W

'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'

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 chipsTVBNOW 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。; s) }. D6 B; J6 _6 Y6 Y, ?1 r
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...

So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?www2.tvboxnow.com" U! f. Z, Y- |5 [1 V3 j. I

Dave 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。5 q$ j) o* h$ Q; r- o8 T1 ^
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.

'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.'& ?8 a& @' L6 t* w7 T3 K
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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./ I: a# P" A! S

The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.www2.tvboxnow.com% I; O8 l1 R: t8 v' R2 a% G
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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.
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!

'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!)'
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem+ o  B' o! ?* W) q9 R5 A

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.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。: N1 M5 ?/ `' k, j) f0 Y( ?- }9 A
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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
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlidetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 r2 g5 U" D8 ?% E
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?  U4 f3 u- X: H

There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.

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.
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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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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'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。  D) ^! A3 X1 Z5 q6 M( K' I
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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.

And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.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。: C1 O2 N( g9 s1 w
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