Weird Gizmo: Transparent Toaster

Watch as your bread burns to a crisp!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/03/transparent-toaster-gives-you-clear-view-of-breads-crispiness/
from WinCustomize Forums

One appliance that just hasn't kept up with the times is the toaster.  Sure, you'd think that there wasn't much you could improve on such a device outside of it having a setting that manages to not reduce a slice of bread to a sheet of charcoal, but you'd be wrong!  In today's high-speed world, where we demand that our gizmos look as good as possible, giving our kitchens that futuristic look we all so desire.

To that end, we bring you the Transparent Toaster.  Using two pieces of transparent heating glass, you will be able to watch your toast as it burns.  No more guessing if that slice of bread has crossed the instant threshold between "untoasted" and "carbon", now you can see it happen.

Interested in getting your hands on one?  Well, right now it's a concept device and not yet available for sale.  The site Inventables has all the details though if you're interested in the idea, as well as other strange gadgets that might be on the horizon.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Still waiting for the see-through toilet that was promised years ago when I was a kid!
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
double post..... I swear it was the site not me!
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Still waiting for the see-through toilet that was promised years ago when I was a kid!

WHY?  Ugh!

I'd love to be able to see how toasted my toast was before it burned.  One piece of toast at a time would be painful though.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
LOL that's so cool.Kind of reminds me of one of Damien Hurst's art installations.  
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Isn't technology great!

Unfortunately after looking at the toaster than reading 2of3's reply, there's a picture in my mind that I'm not going to be able to get rid of!   
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Unfortunately after looking at the toaster than reading 2of3's reply, there's a picture in my mind that I'm not going to be able to get rid of!


Sorry to put you all off! Not only was I not able to edit, the post was duplicated by some glitch....

I was referring to when I was little, some older kids told me that they sold see-through toilets a P&C (pee and see). Remember being disappointed when I found it not true!

That toaster obviously has per pixel frames
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That toaster obviously has per pixel frames


Will I need alpha blended marmalade?    
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I thought the title was Web Gizmo at first. "What's WebGizmo got to do with transparent toast" I'm thinking in my small brain. Then I looked again.   
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Will I need alpha blended marmalade?


You'll need magic pink lemonade to wash down your toast
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I need that toaster... with my toaster, anything shy of the absolute end of the dial will barely toast anything, and the end of the dial incinerates it.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You'll need magic pink lemonade to wash down your toast


       Too true! Or perhaps a cup of tea with added transparency and blur.    
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
See,same but with sheep instead of bread       
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You want a transparetn loo?  How about this one?



See through toilet
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That's interesting.....I guess.

 
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This is more like what I have in mind



Does one have to buy new fish after every flush?
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, now that clears it all up for me!   
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Still waiting for the see-through toilet that was promised years ago when I was a kid!

One way glass toilet in public...




here's a transparent one for the kiddies



and this is as close as you'll get for yourself...


Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Po....that's my kind of Architecture [not dunnies....confrontationally unnerving]....

Love it...

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"What's WebGizmo got to do with transparent toast"


Hey! That gives me an idea for a dock!
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
But half the fun with toasters is when the bread pops out and you see if it's charcoal or not...
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
But half the fun with toasters is when the bread pops out and you see if it's charcoal or not...


I have trouble with the popping up bit....seems these auto popper-uppers ain't much good for cheese on toast.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I want transparent toast
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I want transparent toast


Use reeealy thin slices
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Down to 4mm, but the butter and jam fall right thru!