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Until now, getting the last bit of ketchup, glue, mayo or paint out of a bottle or container has been almost impossible. But a new non-stick coating invented by a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks to change that.
Despite the fact that TFA has more than a hint of a 'slashvertisement', there are many potential applications for the technology. The coating in question makes the inside of a container permanently wet and slippery allowing glue or other similar substances to slide right out of the container instead of sticking to the sides. Reducing waste and saving people money by allowing them to use all of the contents of a container makes this a win-win solution.
Tests by Consumer Reports in 2009 found that much of what we buy never makes it out of the container and is instead thrown away—up to a quarter of skin lotion, 16 percent of laundry detergent and 15 percent of condiments like mustard and ketchup.
(Score: 1) by Alias on Wednesday March 25 2015, @05:17PM
I wonder what the optical properties of this coating are. The problem with stuff like Rain-X, in my opinion, is that it leaves the windshield hazy for a long time. It isn't noticeable in the daytime, but at night, incident headlight beams scattering off the coating make it very hard to see anything except incident headlight light.