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Jeremy Riggs


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Net-talking toaster to burn news onto bread

Many things have appeared on toast: Marmite, Vegemite, jam and even Cylons. Now a designers invented a toaster that can burn pretty much anything onto your morning slice, including the news.

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The Scan Toaster: toasts news, weather and pictures onto your bread

The Scan Toaster connects to a PC over USB and downloads everything from local weather conditions and the current time to the mornings news headlines.

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Individual modules (left) are heated and moved about (center) to create the on-toast image

Inside the toaster is a network of toasting modules, each heated by a hot wire. Each module can move by 30° and, once the user selects what they want on their toast - excluding a topping, of course - the modules align themselves and burn the appropriate content onto the bread.

The appliance is a finalist in design competition run by manufacturer Electrolux and designer Sung Bae Chang said he got the idea whilst - you guessed it - making some toast.

No plans to manufacture the toaster on a mass scale have popped up yet. ®



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Hmm... not sure I'd like my toast to be all that informative. weirdface.gif

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What about serving toast to your family with your photo on each slice though? How cool would that be?

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Just make sure its a "one armed" photo like is so popular these days.



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I want mine to say BITE ME

and they will!!!

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Butter me up n' bite me nod.gif

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Think of the possibilities.

Serve your spouse scrambled eggs with some toast that says "I Want a Divorce".

Serve the kids egg's, bacon and toast that says "You're adopted"

This invention NEEDS to go into mass production!

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Now that kind of thing would be pretty cool.

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I'd take it to work with me when we have those ridiculous 6:00 a.m. staff meetings and offer to make a special kind of toast just for my boss!!!  biggrin

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I could see myself handing out "Bite Me" toast.

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Have we gotten so entertainment starved we have to have toast with a story board?

Well, we havent cured cancer yet, but our toast is vastly more entertaining. smile

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Most people are rather simple minded. A toast-a-gram could be the next wave in communications. Instead of texting, it might be trendy to breakup via a slice of toasted Wonder Bread.

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I could see restaurants putting the weather conditions on your toast, that would be kind of cool

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What kind of toast goes with a good whine?  Rhye?  White?  Wheat?  nana.gif

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Asiago cheese bagle... excellent with whine! nana.gif

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An excellent choice...a woman of refinement I see. smile

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Comes with the bonus of garlic breath. It helps to give others the full appreciation of the whine. nod.gif

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In 3-D with smell-O-Vision.

Green cloud sold seperately, some assembly required.

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I tell you what... I'm getting out of telecom when they invent smell-a-phone. There is NO WAY I'm gonna have anything to do with troubleshooting THAT! bleh.gif Making picture-mail available to the general public made me cringe at the probabilities.

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Technology  itself isnt good or bad ...its how its used.

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True, but a good percentage of people use such technology for some pretty warped purposes. How do I know? I have picturemail! rofl.gif

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Wow...thats like Jetson stuff.  Where is my flying car maam?  smile

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Hold on.. checking my phone... I might have a picture of it!! No wait, that's just an '85 Camaro that I took a picture of shortly after some mullet headed dude said: Hey! Hang on to my beer and watch this!!"

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"Hold on to my beer..."

Could there be 5 finer words to serve as an intro to shenanigans?

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laughing.gif Nope. I believe that is also commonly used in Arkansas as a pick up line.

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And family planning  biggrin

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Git 'er done!!!

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Or at least die trying smile

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nod.gif I like the way you think!

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Ditto little mama, ditto. smile

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