Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)公仔箱論壇: o+ ?0 p1 K) e4 v4 ^6 L0 |4 K4 v2 N
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PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012公仔箱論壇! X$ N6 b& a7 {4 S
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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.www.tvboxnow.com& |4 \* x" }+ Q
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.+ m2 F+ H* n# T6 s5 p
8 d& ^1 R/ v5 J7 D: g/ oThe 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.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。 ~/ c4 ]3 J. T9 ^* A$ b& S* g
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The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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0 A w! y. f ~3 @9 W Wwww.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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 M8 \+ K6 f9 {" a% c7 t
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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.
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1 C8 W7 \1 [2 i公仔箱論壇'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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; b8 l. r* p; R4 E+ x W'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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3 Y7 Y/ C- `3 \+ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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; H [& {! g- KNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.公仔箱論壇6 K" v0 {2 T* ]' f; t1 _
l+ i4 ]6 S7 W2 \5 Wtvb 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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5 N; I% p0 z- |+ {* y6 u公仔箱論壇'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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4 O+ H9 g2 P$ U" ]2 mwww.tvboxnow.com'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'www.tvboxnow.com, Z0 W/ m3 }5 T" q
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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 chipswww.tvboxnow.com4 I! f* f" j4 {- ]" g0 t( Y
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The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?2 o' y/ _& F, J! E
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Dave 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; U4 p& l& _* Y, N5 E
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'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.'公仔箱論壇# B; ^3 }; z9 O( q- c8 B: y
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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.
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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.2 s8 u' r" S2 c6 c; s- i% x
5 M _0 @7 k k1 R'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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0 }7 t; G; K \: o公仔箱論壇'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!)'
9 ~! z% d0 Z, P/ ?+ I+ Y& q2 G" YDave Smith, MIT, explains the problem7 [8 v7 C. r& Z6 m. D ~/ T# d8 C
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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.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。4 Z" i0 h- U; j& k: w, q7 o% ?
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9 D" G1 f, o5 m- YTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futureTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 n z6 G7 z, @( Z F
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j9 l) @$ k# \公仔箱論壇Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlideTVBNOW 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。* ^: O+ B( T' L, U) h6 N
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, z9 e2 V! G! P3 F/ y公仔箱論壇HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
& f& F' g% u$ h+ S ^www.tvboxnow.comSo 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.
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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.2 J, j( I! f" P& Y9 b4 k' m
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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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8 {1 L7 q+ P4 L# M- HHeinz 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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U# ~3 d7 y# j, {' L( ?0 }: {'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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! T. G0 n- G7 E3 t7 I$ l mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhen 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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7 E+ G0 W9 f( ?, d: Q4 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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