VIDEO: Watch ketchup magically flow right out of a glass bottle, courtesy of MIT brainiacs

A group of MIT researchers has come closer to solving a (first-world) problem that has plagued diners since time immemorial: getting that last bit of ketchup out of the bottle. From the same institution that helped put a man on the moon, develop generative linguistics and harness solar energy comes LiquiGlide, a food packaging lubricant that, when applied to a glass or plastic bottle, makes ketchup just slip right out of the bottle (seriously, it’s creepy). As it’s applied to the packaging rather than the sauce, LiquidGlide can also be used for mayonnaise, mustard, relish and basically every other bottled condiment you can think of. While this invention may signal the beginning of the end of the ritual ferocious pounding diners inflict upon ketchup bottles, it also could have a tremendous impact on food waste: Dave Smith, who helped develop LiquiGlide, recently told Fast Company’s Austin Carr that “if all bottles had our coating, we estimate that we could save about one million tons of food from being thrown out each year.” That’s, er, nothing to shake a bottle of ketchup at. [Co.Exist]