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# K" Z- }+ d0 n* G" l- @2 }7 m0 ^, [
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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.com7 F* }5 N E1 w1 J
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.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 ~ S1 i7 \9 c r- U
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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. . G# R7 i- L9 J3 m' i公仔箱論壇www.tvboxnow.com/ C( h) v8 u3 \- ]3 [
The results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.( l, N+ f5 F, @5 n5 B
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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. / l. a( G3 F. f9 h# I Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 2 }8 L4 A: K' q6 ~0 Ywww.tvboxnow.comBurger 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. $ z9 H* n, ?- j( b, G3 W' [* D 1 H+ B+ `! I+ cwww.tvboxnow.com'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。; u# e' R1 n( M6 z: N
% ]# X0 `4 ~2 \% S) O8 JTVBNOW 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。'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.* O/ W# l! N; a6 S' H# Z
5 }& P. @; i% r0 x7 }' U; btvb 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.' % b/ @& V& K* Bwww.tvboxnow.com 2 p# s5 |9 `0 G5 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNaturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work. 6 ~( B/ L ` `1 J& r公仔箱論壇 ) U: G' V4 f0 o公仔箱論壇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. 5 L8 s9 _3 D3 `0 w6 [www.tvboxnow.com- j* g2 w0 S: Z1 W" P( L
'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,bttvb5 p( N! K1 a( t( C( Y" \' S
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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.' ; k2 A! W2 [5 Q# q- T $ ]! [3 |# U5 T5 U1 ATVBNOW 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。 公仔箱論壇2 B2 r9 I# O# y/ y
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 chips 2 v- L' T5 U2 c: K) q9 ewww.tvboxnow.com ( E+ d0 t. z7 \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 i, c* G0 B& p ]* s
The old way: Good luck getting that last piece out... " \/ c9 q' G$ A7 L公仔箱論壇" Q0 Q) ^: [% f
So 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。, i6 C" L6 {" y! F! U1 T9 y
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?" # M- R! O2 U3 v& Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 s: h7 l% `& }: {www.tvboxnow.com'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market. 4 C& I/ M; S6 x* o/ ^7 {7 D 6 X% b; L+ @( X公仔箱論壇'And if all those bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ B; a% b7 Y; t C. `8 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.公仔箱論壇. m- [. k% h8 D' G! q" H
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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4 j6 I0 O5 o; y$ L3 W5 ^/ t
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no! ( t2 y, _0 C: F1 E1 w- z- L. [ d/ S8 Rwww.tvboxnow.com, L& j+ G' M$ }
'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!)'1 a2 Z, x6 _0 G' Q- Z( ~
Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problemwww.tvboxnow.com T1 v9 F% E. T) i" [+ T8 B
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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.: H, G% o& }& b- U
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www.tvboxnow.com2 c. `* |4 b0 {; z( | R9 Y7 Y& [7 n! K, |公仔箱論壇Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide" o8 S/ ]3 p' O g
t, f2 ^' E) K# j: }/ U0 W1 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; `' x# P6 r$ Q6 E9 I8 `9 {9 r( c7 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 h: `! s5 P3 j0 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHOW TO GET THE LAST DROP : n8 h' P6 J" ]% h. D1 L1 zTVBNOW 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。So while we wait for the MIT team's product to come to market, how can you get that last bit of ketchup? ( R% j; b g5 J5 A( a5 w公仔箱論壇 ' Q0 s7 I; c5 _There are many tried and true methods - all of which involves some vigorous shaking, spinning or twisting, with swearing optional. 6 W4 U" t1 c. M9 U4 v 2 j9 g1 v" ~0 l% G7 E) ]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. 7 P+ L- n% B) t1 G1 gTVBNOW 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 [; ~' K0 T9 ?6 A8 C
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. ! B1 G8 w: r2 ITVBNOW 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。" Z+ g1 G6 O- _! P/ v# }1 `: M! _
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'. 2 B X# M+ q4 d6 u0 H# T' f1 P公仔箱論壇 ( X! L1 ~+ W& ]/ \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.' 6 C7 O9 x- b9 y" {3 t- ATVBNOW 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。 + S8 {# f o! U7 C7 }7 @1 W4 \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.0 i7 D- l) X; V- W; i. c
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And store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel. + G: L1 v4 I. |- A \5 ^公仔箱論壇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。- B. z& h. J1 _- {1 Y7 G* }
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