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MIT Creates Superhydrophobic Condiment Bottles
An anonymous reader writes "First we had a superhydrophobic spray that meant no dirt or sweat could stick to your clothes. Then a hydrophobic nanocoating was created for circuit boards to make them water resistant. Now MIT has gone a step further and solved one of the ongoing problems of using condiments: they've figured out how to make a food-safe superhydrophobic coating for food packaging. It means ketchup and mayonnaise will no longer be stuck to the insides of the bottle, and therefore there will no longer be any waste. What's amusing is this seems to be a happy accident. The MIT team was actually investigating slippery coatings to stop gas and oil lines clogging as well as how to stop a surface from having ice form on it. Now their lab is filled with condiments for continued testing of their food-safe version."
Is it durable enough to be used on washless or "rinse-off" dishes? Also possible application as a coating on bathroom fixtures, or perhaps applied to the inside of wax paper bags so the icing stays on my take-out snax.. come to think of it toothpaste tubes and racing swimsuits. Let alone the prank potential!
This stuff should probably be shipped in double walled tanker trucks.. hate to see what it does when spilt on a roadway.
Need superhydrophobic keyboards.
And curiously, a radio ad I hear a lot lately is starts off about the super-high-tech drains that can't clog. Then it goes on to say that those drains don't exist and pimps a drain-cleaning company.
So how long will it be before we have superhyrdophobic sewer pipe?
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ketchup lovers rejoice!!!
I wonder what this stuff is. It's pretty easy to silylate vast quantities of glassware in a vacuum oven with hexamethyldisilazane. Water beads up on the glass after treatment. It's covalent so it doesn't wash off unless you add something to dissolve the glass. Glass surfaces act sort of like an iPad. Maybe that's what they do to it to give it that greasy feel.
Of course, the article provided a wealth of chemical information as one would expect.
As long as consuming it provides a nice coat inside my veins, I'm good with it.
Now the product will cost more to use this technology. Don't worry, you'll still be getting the same 8 ounces of product, but it's okay that they charge you more because you'll finally be able to use all 8oz!
... but it's not, not to the people running the companies that sell the condiments and spec the packaging. They WANT people to waste the product, because that means the companies can sell more, and it's far cheaper for those companies to make more than it is for consumers to waste it. Guess who winds up profiting from the waste?
Another example: something so mundane as toothpaste. For decades there have been TV commercials and print ads depicting actors using completely obscene amounts of the stuff, literally an order of magnitude more than is required for an effective result. Colgate and other companies have been encouraging that waste for decades, and that stuff has consequences when it winds up in bodies of water. I also suspect there was a bit of sinister collaboration in the design of at least one electric toothbrush, again intended to manipulate people to use more toothpaste than required: one model originally had just the useful rotating circular head, but then later added a fixed-bristle region adjacent for - you guessed it - holding more toothpaste.
The final insult: at least one of those makers decided to tinker with the diameter of the toothpaste tube opening, which had been a de facto standard for decades. I have a backpacking/travel toothbrush that I bought in the Eighties, which included its own mini-tube that had to be refilled by screwing a tube of toothpaste into one end and squeezing; this was only made feasible because all tubes of toothpaste used exactly the same opening diameter and thread spacing. Fast forward to 2010 and my purchase of toothpaste made by Church-Dwight, and my subsequent angry discovery that they had increased the diameter of the tube opening such that it no longer fit my old travel toothbrush. Now why would they increase the diameter of the opening? It couldn't possibly have anything to do with promoting incidental waste and selling more tubes of product, could it?
I'm a perennial cynic and skeptic, but I doubt these superhydrophobic containers will ever be used for condiments. Not only would the more expensive packaging cut into profits, the reduced waste would make a dent in them, too.
Should we start long-term medical studies of things before the things are invented?
But seriously, there are a lot of people investigating nanoparticle safety. Some of them across the hall from me. Time will tell whether your fear is well-founded or not.
I spin them with my arm out like a centrifuge and pretend I'm refining the ketchup. Also, woe be to he who doesn't cap the bottle all the way.
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True. Just this morning, I wondered why there hasn't been any long-term medical study about crotch-punching Mark Zuckerberg for hours at a time. Will you injure your hand? Should you wear gloves? Take breaks every 15 minutes? We just don't know. That's why we need these studies.
Do you even lift?
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It happens by accident.
As long as it's not tested on animals!
True story... I used to work in a restaurant. If you've ever seen the movie cocktail, you'll get a rough idea of how I was at work: one man show. One day the cap was NOT on tightly. Poor girl never saw it coming. Blonde to redhead in .5 seconds.
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What about all the food you eat? It's full of ribosomes! Nano/micrometer sized robots packed into every bite of organic food. AND they construct more of themselves! They're Von Neumann Machines!
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Now all we need to do is get rid of those silly bottles that don't fit in the fridge, take up too much shipping space getting to the stores and clog up the recycling system. Instead we could use simple plastic bags (just like in Russia) that conveniently fit in any free space in the fridge, and don't waste space. Also, you cut the hole in the corner with scissors so you can choose how big it is (and therefore how fast it is dispensed). The bags could be biodegradable (or recyclable in bulk like paper is).
There are lots of business opportunities waiting for clever business people that travel to the former Soviet Union and think a bit about what they see. This way of dispensing mayonnaise, ketchup, yogurt and so on, makes it easy for small convenience stores to stock it all (small amount of space) which means that people don't have to drive a gas guzzler (any gasoline powered car) to do their shopping.
Super Hydrophobalistic Condimental Bottles,
The glass inside remains so clean just like the twelve apostles,
From them ketchup flows so fast you'll need to use some throttles,
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I've started storing everything in glass.
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My fathers special technique is to hold the bottle in one hand, mouth downwards, bottle at approx 45 degrees, and move the bottle towards the other hand, which is held palm up, with a diagonal motion. The bottle's shoulder should strike the gap between thumb and forefinger, forcing a limited amount of sauce out of the bottle, very useful for a viscous subtance.
So what would this do to the ability to recycle the materials? A general rule is that recyclers want you to clean glass (rightly so, as ketchup turns to pretty much carbon at the 2000 deg F required to melt glass, thus spoiling the recyc batch), but what would this do under intense heat?
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About 1973, One of the Taunton kids (Neil) and I were in his parents restaurant, the Spouting Horn in Depoe Bay Or. We sat down at the counter and ordered burgers and fries. Delivered, He opened the ketchup bottle and slapped down on the opening. The bottom of the bottle dropped out and everything within 6 feet was splattered.
Sounds like a good idea.
True, but then there are things that are organic and food and things that are organic and not food--either be indigestible or outright poison. Meanwhile, most said nano organic things are mostly contained until they enter the digestive track--something which above nano-particles are unlikely to be--and aren't inhale-able/injected--there's very few things you can direct inject--, and the body can usually safely broken down in the digestive track those organic nano-particles or they can be contained and expelled by the body before entering the blood stream--a by-product of billions of years of digestive and defensive evolution to extant, potentially lethal organic or inorganic nanoparticles. But, like I was saying, that's still far from foolproof and there's still lots of stuff that can kill us.
So, yea, I understand your pedantic point, but I'm pretty sure the discussion is on man-made nanoparticles and cutting out "man-made" is just shorthand. Meanwhile, I'm not a supporter of the idea of halting the use of man-made nanoparticles until long-term medical studies are done. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do those studies as man-made nanoparticles used, to see if they really are a threat. It's the same with just about anything radically new and innovative, really, because there's a lot of room for not only positive outcomes but pretty extensive side-effects. I mean, I don't think it likely that all the major conceived designs for man-made nanoparticles (ie, the expected foundation and components) have an inherently Achilles heel of being unsafe, but then who's to say there won't be a man-made nanoparticle version of DDT or asbestos and the component responsible is present in a large percentage of man-made nanoparticles? Such would likely mean simply reworking those man-made nanoparticles to overcome the side-effects. Still, the damage would be done. :/ But, that's just a sad truth of life, with hindsight and everything. I mean, to know if progress is harmful or not, you have to progress first. :)
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I would love to see sardines cans with a BPA-free liner where the fish scoots right out without having to bang the can around upside down while spraying stinky fish oil all over the counter-top.
The last large sardine in my can today had such incredible BPA suction I had to pitchfork it out. Even after I slid it around, it still didn't peel off when inverted.
Health studies usually report that the benefits of high omega-3 diets outweigh the notorious toxins also contained.
Finally, I'll be able to get my ketchup out of the bottle.
What a well thought out and cogent point.
I was just being a smartass. I actually agree with your point.
I certainly wouldn't be comfotable ingesting a bleeding edge, anthropogenic nanostructure rich substance without at least some animal studies first.
And before the bleeding heart PETA folks get on my ass about animal testing let me say that: since we don't have a theory of everything, there are always unaccountable effects of substances that simply can't be calculated from theory. Animal testing done as humanely as possible saves lives. And anybody who would die so a rat doesn't have to can kiss my grits and enjoy the possible and likely systemic damage from untested materials.
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I need this. You have 6 months to get it to me. I'll finally be able to break 60 mph even on sierra cement
its a condom! its a mint! its a condiment!
But, I also think it's insane that we have no long term medical studies...of anything really.
That's because you were raised in a culture of fear, inculcated with protectionist expectations from infancy. As such, you're easily manipulated and frightened, your highest aspiration being to live as long as medically possible. Any jeopardy that might deprive you of your eventual and inevitable decrepitude you remand to your protectors to be outlawed for all, lest you experience the trauma of even witnessing its consequences.
You and most of the other ~1.5E9 Western sheeple.
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MIT is no stranger to ketchup
http://www.foodfacts.com/NutritionFacts/Regular-Mayo/Hellmans-Easy-Out-Non-Stick-Mayonnaise-22-oz/58020
Why the hell would they put super rabies in condiment bottles? I already get enough froth from the damned ketchup and mustard bottles when I first use them. Stupid researchers.
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I was actually present once when someone did that the other way around: they were banging on the back end of the bottle with the heel of their hand to try and get it started and the bottle literally separated in half right there in his hand. The neck end slipped through his fingers and crashed to the floor, spraying everyone sitting at our table (and a few tables around us) under their tables from the knees down with ketchup with some broken glass fragments thrown in for good measure.
The best part was his reaction to it, he was so completely unprepared for that possibility that for a few seconds he just kinda sat there with the busted end of the ketchup bottle in one hand (as it quickly emptied of the remaining ketchup onto his lap and the floor) with an expression much like the one on the T-1000's face when he gets blown up at the end of Terminator 2.
i use the same technique.. very effective and controllable. tap tap tap, yum.
All of that waste is product consumers buy, but can't consume. So it doesn't put off the next time they buy more. There's no way condiment bottlers are going to use this invention that means you'll buy replacements less often.
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Around here restaurants use plastic "cheater bottles". I call them that because they are made the same size and shape as the ketchup bottles you buy in the grocery store, but they are made of ketchup colored red plastic, so they look like a full bottle of ketchup.
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John Smith was tragically killed today, smothered by ketchup after applying more than the recommended force. Manufacturers of the superhydrophobic coating for condiment bottles will now be required to place warnings directing users to face the spout of the bottles away from their faces. The Department of Defense is currently investigating resurrecting the Land Warrior initiative, based around these bottles.
I'm thinking veins and arteries, material for artificial hearts etc.
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the body can usually safely broken down in the digestive track those organic nano-particles or they can be contained and expelled by the body before entering the blood stream--a by-product of billions of years of digestive and defensive evolution to extant, potentially lethal organic or inorganic nanoparticles.
I mean, I don't think it likely that all the major conceived designs for man-made nanoparticles (ie, the expected foundation and components) have an inherently Achilles heel of being unsafe,
You more or less explained the achilles heel of nano-particles.
It doesn't matter if they're inherently toxic or poisonous, because they're all irritants.
Even gold, which is about as biologically inert as things get, causes the exact same symptoms as every other nano-particle.
Still, the damage would be done. :/ But, that's just a sad truth of life, with hindsight and everything. I mean, to know if progress is harmful or not, you have to progress first. :)
That's what animal studies are for. So that we don't look back and think "oops, we shouldn't have done that"
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Why don't you just buy a centrifuge? lol.
Salad dressing with rabies? DO NOT WANT.
Why would Heinz et al bother paying extra so their customers don't waste as much of their product [ie, so they don't return the store and buy more sooner]?
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In sane places (like Germany) the industry pays the cost of waste reclamation for its products. One of the costs of recycling condiment containers is washing them prior to actual recycling. If the process here (or some other one) can reduce the cost of washing the containers for less than they add to production costs, they will be a win.
In insane places (like USA) things like waste are externalities that are only partially internalized. As a result we have a lot of waste (not just the regular kind, but less efficiency, too).
No, but we probably should before declaring something 'food safe'
(Not sure if this an urban myth)
Long time ago, a worker at a big toothpaste manufacturer made a suggestion:
"Why not increase the diameter of the toothpaste nozzle?"
See, people put on toothpaste on their toothbrushes based on the LENGTH not VOLUME of the paste. By increasing the diameter or width of the applied toothpaste, the consumer would use up much more of the toothpaste with every application. Thus they would use up the toothpaste more quickly (and since it's not a high cost expense, be unlikely to be tracking it closely). Thus sales and profits would go up.
Supposedly this man was given a nice corner office for life.
Because Heinz et al can't afford the loss in customers when just one of their competitors releases a "No-Waste Bottle!". Seriously, getting the last bit out of the ketchup bottle has been a 1st World Problem since the stuff was invented. All manner of "techniques" and devices have been invented; Slapping the bottle, standing it on its cap (hence the Top Down bottles not available), inserting a knife to scoop it out...
Besides, as long as you're using ketchup correctly (an additional flavour, not the only one) they're all much of a likeness. If one company makes a bottle which has no leftover bits (which also makes recycling much easier), it'll fly off the shelves like ketchup from a hydrophobic bottle.
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Take a pill (or drink) of this stuff right before a meal. Food would just fly right through.
Then again, it could give a whole new meaning to "having the runs".
The problem is with nanoparticles we can't break down. For example asbestos: The compunt itself isn't poisonous, it's the fact that it's formed into near-indestructable nano-sized razorblades. While man made nanoparticles can be made of non-poisonous stuff the problem is wit their phisical form and dimensions.
Now I do hope they aren't creating artifical asbestos, but the danger is there. What if there is a part of the nano structure that has these tiny blade like properties. If these parts break off due to wear and tear there may be trouble.
Well, I might have a way, but it only works on a semi spherical planet in a vacuum.
It could make cleaning less frequent and onerous.
If it were dishwasher safe could be used on dishes and cookware.
I'm sure there must be a million applications for a durable, super hydrophobic coating. Ship hulls, runners on skates and skis, hell if it's durable (and safe enough) why not a spray on for a once a year application at your dentist? Who knows what other applications coud be practical depending on its exact properties (think, ink jet printers, coating the particles in e-ink displays to make them "spin" faster, micro fluidics for lab equipment, etc.). There are a LOT of technologies that use water/fluids in some way.
Want to bet that if this material made its way into products that the bottle would be redesigned and coincidentally the total volume was reduced by a substantial amount. That or they'll hike the price up way beyond the 0.1c or whatever it costs to actually apply it.
We've found a way that you can make really expensive bottles which let people use all of the ketchup, so they won't have to buy as much from you. As a bonus, it screw up plastic recycling. So, how many million units can we sign you up for?
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"In 'sane' countries, the government makes us wash our trash."
And then they rationalize this as some sort of natural "externality" to justify it.
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Unless, of course, this coating is something we don't want in our dumps . What happens when hydrophobic crap hits the water table? How does it affect the breakdown of garbage back into the environment? Does it solve the problem of plastic leeching estrogen-like chains into food or make it worse? What if it gets into food?
If it is safe however, I propose a protective coating for building foundations, basements and roofs. Include it in paint. Line gasoline tanks. Plenty of places in the world that water isn't welcome.
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And once upon a time, Teflon was considered completely inert. And a few generations earlier: asbestos.
Why is no one discussing water park slides?!
Wont waste as much? Most ketchup fans will be pouring on twice as much now they don't have to be so patient!
I'm curious what this stuff would do to my sailing boat frictionwise and would it work as an antifouling aswell.
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I particularly love the part where you say you used to work in a restaurant.
No, they are not all alike.
Will something like this help to get that last bit of toothpaste out of the toothpaste tube?
I always hate those things...I want to see the ketchup inside the container before I pour it all over my food, in case there's things growing in it. *gag*
I know that probably doesn't happen very often, but I just can't trust the sanctity of the condiments at a restaurant on blind faith.
Probably has to do with the fact that I was once served spoiled milk at a McDonald's when I was a kid; it was a hot day, and I just threw my head back and took a big knock of what turned out to be curdled milk...I still retch a little when thinking about it, and it was 25 years ago.
So we want to use nanotechnology to get the last of the ketchup out of the bottle... to assimilate it... I'm pretty sure that's how the Borg got started.
Just say'n. Then LiquiGlide coated bed sheets and a little body oil. OMG. Can't wait!!
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Actually they're not remotely alike. A study was done (find the link with Google if you're interested) and found that Heinz ketchup hasn't changed flavour in so long because it is essentially perfect. Nobody else has created a product that even remotely competes with it.
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I have a suspicion that with the amount of both salt and sugar in a ketchup bottle very few ever go bad.
That said, I suppose externally introduced molds and such could get in there ...
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Oddly, those red bottles prevent that. (I manage a restaurant) Now we just wait for them to empty and then get a new one. Since we don't have to worry about the crappy look of an empty ketchup bottle, we no longer even consider combining bottles. Besides, the health inspector would shit a brick if he ever caught you doing it. At most restaurants that have ketchup on the table, the stuff moves so fast, there's no worrying about spoiled ketchup anyway. I have 30 tables, and I use 60 bottles of ketchup per week, and we specialize in breakfast, not burgers and fries, just to give some perspective.
I thought I didn't like ketchup until I tried some homemade stuff that was less sweet and salty than is typical.
Man, you really need that seminar!
Yeah, those damn socialists and their trash washing. Good thing that the US scores higher on every measure of economic and personal success than Germany.
Oh, wait, right...
Its more the vinegar that prevents bacterial and mold growth, but you're essentially correct.
My mother dated a guy that worked as a maitre d' at a 5-star restaurant in Philadelphia back in the 80's and he used to tell us all sorts of disgusting shit that used to go on there, for instance, they would re-serve spreading butter (they were fancy schmancy so no foil wrapped crap there) and uneaten rolls...not to mention other uneaten side dishes. It was at the owner's direction to save money.
I don't even remember the name of the place anymore, as I was both a child and it was ages ago, but stories like that among other things (like the spoiled milk incident I talked about above) have made me very particular about checking my food. Probably annoys people at restaurants but I just can't eat the food unless I'm reasonably sure it's clean.
This is so true. We really have nothing to fear. All compounds are safe, as long as the manufacturer says they are. I don't understand why people have so little faith in our corporate overlords.
You mean like CleanMyPussC.com?
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I haven't gotten ketchup in a glass bottle for a long, long time. These days they're plastic squeeze bottles and you can squeeze out as much as you want as fast as you want.
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My father once told me he was at a diner where they apparently refilled the ketchup bottles without cleaning them first.. he poured some on his plate, and a few minutes later, the surface of the ketchup was covered with bubbles from some sort of fermentation I guess.. ugh.
Can't stand the stuff!
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" they're all much of a likeness."
I think not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biW2i9yK-10
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That explains why its going through safety testing.
I wonder how it impacts the buoyancy of the object.
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Non dairy/egg condiments are fine.
The turnover in restaurants for ketchup is very high.
Been there with the milk. Want' McDonalds, but it was certainly chunky!
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hahahaha.
Wow..just.. wow.
1) You are inhaling nano particles right now! stop breathing aaahh!
2) Yes, there are long medical studies.
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And we do. If non appear in the organs, and it isn't absorbed, you're good to go. Basically.
I could break the testing down for you, but I don't think you could understand it.
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"and aren't inhale-able"
wrong.
"cutting out "man-made" is just shorthand. "
and a bad one. Some nano particle used for materials and foods aren't man made, or they are a replication of things man didn't create.
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I grew up near Alfred University, not far from Corning, NY. In addition to such things as space shuttle tiles and coal slurry, researchers there developed a glass with these exact properties, and tried to license it to Heinz. Much to their dismay, Heinz turned it down, as they were just about to launch an ad campaign demonstrating the superior quality of their high viscosity ketchup compared to cheaper brands, which could be poured from the bottle without smacking it.
I'm just happy that not every country does things the way you (or I) find sane, so that each of us can live somewhere that makes us happy. Now if the US would only return to sanity on light bulbs!
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The point is, there is no "safe" or "unsafe" in any subtle way. Anything that's not obviously "safe" or "unsafe" from minimal testng (such as nanoparticals-based products) is almost certianly "somewhat safe" - safe for most people, most of the time, but likely unsafe for someone in some condition.
You should be OK with that. Life is full of som many low-risk "dangers" that you could never list them all, but people seem to irrationally pick on one or two to fret over. Worrying about anything that presents less of a health risk than lightining is just stupid. Get oin with life, and accept that some dangers will inevitably be discovered the hard way - it's OK, statistically, it just doesn't matter.
If you wish to be free of the mental hadnicap of irrational fear, I recommend never watching TV news again.
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Why would Heinz et al bother paying extra so their customers don't waste as much of their product [ie, so they don't return the store and buy more sooner]?
Heinz won't pay extra, you will as a customer.
Include it in paint.
That might complicate the painting process... you know, the part where the paint sticks to the wall?
Here is why you're being irrational. There are already nano-particles in your ketchup.
Include it in paint.
That might complicate the painting process... you know, the part where the paint sticks to the wall?
Hmmm...methinks you've just stumbled on a new market for this product. Anti-graffiti coatings for buildings / billboards / etc. etc.
Course, it won't stop punks trying to etch their 'art' into the public's awareness, but at least it would stop any gradeschooler who got his hands on a can of paint. Also would complicate things if you ever wanted to re-paint anything with this coating applied...but OTOH, the original paint should be protected from rain damage at least, if not fading or impact damage. Hmmm...I think my parents would have liked this very much for our garage door and fences when I was growing up.
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That all of the relevant jokes have already been made.
But it would be really nice for recycling!
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Think beyond water-born coatings. So many others to choose from.
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I wouldn't put much faith in "testing" anything critical by either private or government agency. Far too many chances for human failings of both accidental and purposeful kinds. Kind of a FAIL in our " advanced" civilization.
Yeah it would be interesting to see if it has any unexpected properties.
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I wonder how it would affect the drag coefficient of boats
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Who said I said the U.S. was better? We have the same nonsense in a lot of cities and towns here.
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perhaps so but it doesn't matter. Competition ALWAYS works. When the patent expires another company will offer the same bottle type with 10% more ketchup for the same price.
If video games influenced behavior the Pac Man generation would be eating pills and running away from their problems.
It will make the water hydrophobic and it will all just go poof..
turning a research budget into food. First instance I know of was around 1970: testing the black stuff on a grilled steak for carcinogenicity.
Hydrophobic means it repels water-based substances (like ketchup). The graffiti "artists" will just switch to an oil-based paint. Most hydrophobic substances actually attract oily substances, so this coating would make oil-based paint stick even better.
hmm.. have you heard of perlite? imagine coating your dirt with it . increased drainage in a spray can. and cancer when you eat a plant that grew from it.
Hmm, hadn't heard anything about pearlite except potting soil seems to use it. Figured it was something they used to retain water, lol.
Carcinogenic? Typical...
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I'd rather have some more flavorful Hunt's ketchup without all that nasty HFCS.It's not that I think it's bad for you, it's just gross.
What day is it? Could you please tell me?
Sure, but survey after survey shows people love the taste of high fructose corn syrup. Why do you think its used to flavour Pepsi? You may be the rare human who doesn't prefer the taste of Heinz, but its rare.
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