Come on, Heinz, catch up! Enterprising students create ketchup bottle that pours like milk (and it only took them two months)
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2 Y( n9 d4 E9 }2 {公仔箱論壇PUBLISHED: 08:56 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 GMT, 23 May 2012tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 w* |5 {( C6 Y& C% h5 u0 D
9 m* t; s2 ~% ]3 T9 s2 ~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.
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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.www.tvboxnow.com7 l+ E6 r+ v; P, J) h0 {
. [% P* i+ Q, xThe results are astonishing - and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.
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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./ U$ g+ M. P* f3 {& A/ E5 v1 a
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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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0 ~' n5 n9 T; s/ o4 R'Somehow this sparked the idea of putting it in food bottles - it could be great just for its slippery properties.公仔箱論壇2 L6 E& v3 Y+ M, T2 r- U
: K9 K# i, B0 g+ h'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.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。* l; [) B$ a8 c) L3 {/ R
! L% I9 i( ~7 T* E' d. Q. q'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.'( X% O+ ?5 l3 @5 p, U+ O* E, t1 O r8 O
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Naturally, the team had to research their market before getting to work.
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2 F" Y+ u$ t3 N% S5 u3 M1 a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.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。7 ]5 e8 A2 e$ ?6 @
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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.4 |0 Y! ~. ]7 N9 T
; f) V! _( U$ I公仔箱論壇'We have all types of sauces, jellies, and jams everywhere in our lab - It’s like a closet full of condiments.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 g( J$ o/ G5 _
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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 chips
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So why did the team pick sauces for their award-winning product?
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, o: D. F5 @# F: YDave 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。$ M( z4 Q- f5 e) _4 \/ Q! i! r( E6 i
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'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.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。' u4 {9 a L. O ]' D' R5 ^
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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.'
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) H# `. U" G8 D
3 r! ^) c( N! z) _4 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.www.tvboxnow.com4 K# f! A5 ~$ a9 Z& Y9 w
8 Z& w) L+ Q4 F' G, o) O; \公仔箱論壇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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* D z/ }" n" c9 ~" _'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!www.tvboxnow.com( m- R. D+ a9 F: `
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Dave Smith, MIT, explains the problem
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$ P5 P2 O Y" q0 ~( T公仔箱論壇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 $2,000 prize - but their product is sure to reap them much more money in the future
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4 `; L) {3 w. O$ s* Q8 I( y9 R7 m公仔箱論壇Not a fan of ketchup? Mayonnaise lovers can also enjoy the magical properties of LiquiGlide, l( H9 Y) \* Q* v$ v0 c3 K$ S
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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?
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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.
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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$ G; P j6 B% T) r& `0 F
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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'.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 ~0 ~0 o. ?. e: P9 @' o" g8 \
$ O# [9 ~- \2 @7 x2 M# W$ f/ S'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'www.tvboxnow.com$ Y: u t1 ]% r) w$ C
/ l/ B! s: o% Z2 {6 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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