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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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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* P6 }7 ]6 C5 q0 J1 [公仔箱論壇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.com# T G7 X- l" ?& ~
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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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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 T) m( t% a& 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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& s6 a8 ^5 l6 u+ e2 t& b' V- L! Z'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.
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9 \- f& `+ n' D8 t) cwww.tvboxnow.comSmith, 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 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+ T# N) H% S' E7 B \9 @
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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?/ V: }& N( w9 W) o/ J
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Dave said: 'It’s funny: Everyone is always like, "Why bottles? What’s the big deal?"www.tvboxnow.com' y7 ?' s& i8 q
) N7 U2 ?0 J3 k'But then you tell them the market for bottles - just the sauces alone is a $17billion market.www.tvboxnow.com" x0 P' Z. u* d: w$ c7 n
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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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ G% \# U0 G; L5 i" p$ @2 u4 c; k
% ^; K8 b `: B1 v3 ]. j( f* [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 $100,000 winner of MIT's contest was perhaps a bit less jaw-dropping, but hopefully just as useful.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。) F8 W2 c1 U* H4 K9 ]# C# w
0 c$ C. \- k5 s# D# y' @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.3 W' @0 y' s( F5 @" u2 m1 t
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'I get my burger and proceed to add all the necessary condiments: lettuce, tomatoes, onions…but oh no!
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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!)'
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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.www.tvboxnow.com, k1 o* _6 v9 S1 A
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9 |8 u. e0 \" [: ]www.tvboxnow.comTeam 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公仔箱論壇* N! f# X3 r! X5 C# H& @ ^* _
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1 b7 I. `, T% c5 a" Q0 F* {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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* _" P4 q* k4 s3 oThere 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.
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D' V: A8 o8 @公仔箱論壇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'.
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'Very few people know this secret. Now you’re in-the-know.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( o3 ]/ R" g% R/ b2 a6 m e
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* {2 G% l' v! G, K0 M- S1 O8 C
$ `* [! L* ?9 _! K/ @www.tvboxnow.comAnd store your bottle upside-down - at least that way the slow-moving sauce has less far to travel.
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