I don’t know why exactly, only that this is right up there with the Harry Potter wand universal TV remote on the list of frivolous things I wish I could buy with impunity. . .
Mindless, Pointless, but also food-related. Do with it what you will.
I have now spent 15 minutes exploring designboom.com, which I found from the “check out the Glide toaster” link on the page you linked to. I want half of the things from the “ceramics for breakfast” competition, and I am likely to waste days looking at all the neat stuff in other competitions.
Not sure whether to thank you or curse you for that!
I don’t think I’d like the toast that comes out. The top will be cold by the time the bottom is fnished, unless it toasts really fast, in which case it will be too fast for the inside to be warm.
It also looks like it takes up about as much space as a normal toaster, and would require very precise tolerances on the bread. It certainly wouldn’t work with anything thick-sliced, and I’m not sure it would work right for something like a Pop-Tart or an Eggo, either.
Except for my microwave and fridge, I have a kitchen now that is pretty much manual, or non-electric. I’ve re-discovered pre-buttered bread toasted either in a pan or in the oven. I’m not going back!
Does that toaster have Artificial Intelligence, does it engage it’s user in witty morning banter, does it cost ₤19.99 plus tax, has the patent been applied for?
is it obsessed with serving toast?
no, then it’s not a nerdy toaster, cool, yes, but not nerdy…
Looks like a flimsy personal version of the commercial toaster used at the restaurant I worked at as a teenager; a belt-driven thing that physically dragged upright slices of bread across the browning plates, then dropped the toast out of the other side into a holding basket. Kind of like the difference between a home paper shredder and one of the commercial units.
Really. At the very least it should have a built-in web server so that you can issue commands to it remotely. And what about an ammo clip for additional slices of toast? Are you telling me I have to do that shit MANUALLY? GTFO!