Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)1 w# t w. L9 q+ [' H
By Eddie Wrenn
2 y2 J2 Q# h, h+ C6 z* b' B6 vPUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012
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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.公仔箱論壇2 C7 L7 H6 p0 Y6 ]! |) ?# c
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
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' |1 X) }9 @* k+ k% k! Mwww.tvboxnow.comThe 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.公仔箱論壇8 |, Z" a/ z1 M7 k7 m
- ^$ ^5 H* T h# }7 e# P3 Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# Y2 \6 }2 c1 o% d9 `
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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.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。0 d0 P: H/ Y; ~1 P1 U
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- X: V3 p! b9 s, N/ p0 O
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'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.
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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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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.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。3 r/ V- R+ o6 n! } {
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'I didn’t know about the tapping of the '57' until I started looking into this. It was all news to me.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, x0 ]7 {5 u: `0 e5 j4 P2 x
8 s% ]: b5 ?. y: zwww.tvboxnow.com'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'' t9 _$ D3 m- M1 y# {* |8 j+ x
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; u, g9 H0 Q! `6 l) l1 V& F7 K# Twww.tvboxnow.comFor 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 chips7 Q$ R+ J, _' Q
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+ Z8 m, I4 W+ |5 m% IThe old way: Good luck getting that last piece out...0 Q( `& t/ }* X
- N) C* H, @1 f f. d* {- e; o7 D4 dSo why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?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。' X8 Y+ X' o+ v1 x7 F
* z* Q) ]' B+ wwww.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 $17billion market.* X( `$ v+ ?7 k8 }/ \0 Q
" g2 _! p. j* Z9 p/ J" c( L'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.'
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$ `1 h9 p, q. Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.9 B( i+ x# c0 J' r% w; j
- X1 r: K- D6 B' Jwww.tvboxnow.comThe $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.公仔箱論壇) }0 \. J! w! ?( j' Q
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!公仔箱論壇! Z7 T" S1 D) i9 a% n( k* K0 a
; h: T- X8 k& i0 F& ~'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!)'; o' Q( C8 s! ]' t& T) L
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) q/ w+ F6 j1 e
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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.* D5 g. ~5 h0 W1 S1 h8 t1 x
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* K- P9 \7 T7 t- j* N l1 x) _. ^* oTeam LiquiGlide was bestowed the Reader's Choice at MIT's Entrepreneurship Contest, winning a $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the futuretvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 T$ S( | s, D
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Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlidewww.tvboxnow.com" v6 e6 c% {7 T; g% O9 G
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HOW TO GET THE LAST DROP
9 ?; P( f3 L3 G& ~) S6 d: u2 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSo 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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1 i+ C% Z5 g; ]5 x; A; n% |There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional.
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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.公仔箱論壇. ^' @+ {; R g9 s
/ l9 ^' R+ a& g+ Y: w5 v/ r3 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHeinz 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'.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。8 R# A# [8 O/ |" L5 ?4 [; o) d
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'
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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.www.tvboxnow.com6 n( q+ a& i! L; {5 n
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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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