Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)www2.tvboxnow.com7 c/ P) d9 L4 z Q* Z4 D# B; B
By Eddie Wrenn
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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" U6 K& k; f' Z4 f
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.8 ^& r; {/ E8 s* N: T7 g/ \
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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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; z5 a, x+ }6 n) G pThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.www2.tvboxnow.com& P$ @* J5 I6 H1 y0 V$ j/ C
0 O4 w( ~( T# CMIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists at the Varanasi Research Group spent two months devising a solution.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 R. h) F5 a. m* J4 r
- r! W0 x( O7 |" Y$ L, M) M- OBurger 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。. h* J6 c* p, X$ I0 L/ u6 o3 K. F
( }- t/ C$ |" x' [: Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.9 H: S2 S/ R+ A# K" t
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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.
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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.'
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.; s1 y. m" d4 R: D3 y! u H: g, j
" t6 a' A5 v& A4 v' @$ Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSmith, 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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. I: i3 M* v% ]tvb 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.
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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 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。: j. t# ~5 B& ^& O$ |7 m% k0 G
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...公仔箱論壇0 n( j3 j; ^4 P8 P
9 G5 r6 t0 \- Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"
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. \1 `5 S. f1 q5 _7 Y1 l; n5 w公仔箱論壇'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.
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9 t$ O1 v4 U& M& z' M* a9 o5 o'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。9 @4 k+ D U/ }. P, o G
5 |2 d* h5 y2 `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.公仔箱論壇. k8 b% M; U/ m& U
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The $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.
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The product, called CloudTop, was created by 22-year-old undergraduate Brett van Zuiden, and aims to remove the 'Upload' button from the web, by linking all those different services - such as Facebook, Google Drive, DropBox, and Flickr - together.* a: }; d2 |. O
- r5 Q @' i O+ _% {4 \: D- f'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 @8 x1 I* S8 T- x6 ^/ T: L
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'The ketchup bottle is running low! I violently shake and slam on the bottle but only manage to get a small drop out (or even worse, I spray it all over my clothes!)'( h. E$ J# R. O0 A T
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem公仔箱論壇2 N0 E. P7 I7 G6 | V& T6 ]4 ~
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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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Team LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide+ N0 `+ z! ^2 j7 N
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So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup?. ]8 [) q# J( D% t# _+ l
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There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. G: M' ]& n# q6 _1 m2 P' {
9 P7 B9 p6 {( l' |公仔箱論壇There's the windmill approach: Swing your arm around in a semi-circle and let the centrifugal forces help you out.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. y$ d) {0 r. m/ q9 ?0 q+ N3 l0 V
0 E7 }7 X2 ?, k0 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOr, 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.3 S, y) l4 i# T5 M" K( [
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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8 x' y3 p% p g, n: L% |2 V$ }
) H5 V+ h0 Z, h9 W4 cwww2.tvboxnow.com'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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$ x% b6 W* E7 yTVBNOW 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。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.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。: ^/ j/ N& W9 R( i7 ]4 `
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.www2.tvboxnow.com6 o' A* t8 s0 i, c9 d* s
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