3D CT scans make even ketchup caps look cool
, but it's actually a CT scan — of a Heinz ketchup cap. A group of"deeply curious engineers" is scanning different types of items every month to give us a deeper appreciation of various engineering marvels surrounding us in every day life. Theincludes a Heinz squeeze-bottle cap that took its inventor 185,000 hours and 45 prototypes to finalize.
It's quite a complex assembly, which allows for the ketchup to be stored upside-down without leaking — the design was even licensed to NASA to create leak-proof containers for its astronauts.In addition to the Heinz bottle cap, the team also scanned a Sriracha nozzle that had such a distinctive design, the family behind the hot sauce chose to trademark it.
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