Design
Scan Toaster Prints Text, Photos From the Internet onto Your Bread
Posted by Sean Fallon at 6:40 AM on September 12, 2008
If you are the kind of person who rushes around in the morning, but always makes the time for toast, you will love the Scan Toaster printer concept by designer Sung Bae Chang. Details are scarce, but we do know that it connects to the internet via USB and is capable of printing images or text on bread using some sort of flexible "module" unit heated by a wire.
Each module can move 30-degrees vertically, realigning to burn out the image of your choice. That means you could read the news and eat breakfast in one compact fiber-filled unit. The Scan Toaster concept was good enough to make it as a finalist in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition but, unfortunately, I don't see it popping up in my kitchen anytime soon. [Electrolux and Flickr via Reg Hardware via CrunchGear]

Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Grail
Posted September 12, 2008 2:37 PM
This is just the next step on the road to Skynet - The Internet invades my toast...
citizen024
Posted 7:14 AM 12/9/08
i doubt it would achieve that resolution it shows o the text picture, and even the concept contradicts itself, the resolution on the picture print is considerably lower.
citizen024
x23
Posted 7:12 AM 12/9/08
[store.theonion.com]
x23
Groggy Banana
Posted 7:09 AM 12/9/08
@ShabazOSU: "That means Sis is up for grabs! Thanks, Dad!" *Munch!*
Friday is near.
Groggy Banana
Skeptical_Geezer
Posted 7:09 AM 12/9/08
What? Not USB powered?
This SO makes me think of Get Smart. It would make eating the secret message so much easier!
Skeptical_Geezer
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 7:08 AM 12/9/08
@Numerous: I gagged a little.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer
Posted 7:08 AM 12/9/08
Is it just me or does the electrolux logo look like a bum with a g-string on?
Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer
lldsandsll
Posted 7:08 AM 12/9/08
@lldsandsll: still cool tho
lldsandsll
Lloyd
Posted 7:08 AM 12/9/08
[pranks.com]
Lloyd
lldsandsll
Posted 7:08 AM 12/9/08
this is one of those things where my father would say "YA! EVERYONE NEEDS ONE OF THESE!!"
lldsandsll
Lloyd
Posted 7:07 AM 12/9/08
Uh...
Lloyd
Groggy Banana
Posted 7:05 AM 12/9/08
"For the very first time, you can eat the beaver without worrying about the hair! AND you can lather it up with as much jam as you want!"
Groggy Banana
Reilaos~
Posted 7:04 AM 12/9/08
I've had an idea for this for at least a year! Augh! At last! I shall have my toast pictures!
Expect dozens of virgin mary sandwiches to appear on an eBay near you!
Reilaos~
ShabazOSU
Posted 7:01 AM 12/9/08
"Son, you were adopted."
ShabazOSU
TASK
Posted 7:01 AM 12/9/08
Any word on when Brando will be bringing out a commercial version? :)
TASK
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 7:00 AM 12/9/08
@JackTheTripper: I good slice of rye would hold that message just fine.
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
JackTheTripper
Posted 7:00 AM 12/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge:
or: "bad secks. do not want! GTFO and no come back"
JackTheTripper
Return of DaOtter
Posted 6:58 AM 12/9/08
@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->:
Return of DaOtter
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 6:57 AM 12/9/08
@red3001: ROFL
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Aaron Stein
Posted 6:56 AM 12/9/08
this is how we know we have too much stuff
Aaron Stein
red3001
Posted 6:54 AM 12/9/08
Jesus face toast and virgin Mary toast stock just plummeted
red3001
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 6:53 AM 12/9/08
@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->:
"teh secks good, now GTFO"
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
SewerShark
Posted 6:53 AM 12/9/08
I can see some use for it.
"Honey, you breakfast is ready. BTW, I'm leaving you with you friend. Bye"
SewerShark
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Posted 6:51 AM 12/9/08
This would be perfect to give to someone the next morning when you are making them breakfast and you want them to leave. Forever. I wonder what simple message(either picture or text) you could put on toast to let someone know, while last night was fun, you need leave. Any suggestions?
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Return of DaOtter
Posted 6:50 AM 12/9/08
I remember this when some dude hooked a heat gun up to a CnC machine. This is WAY cooler, and functional to boot! Where can I get one! Does it work on bagels?
Return of DaOtter
njso18
Posted 6:46 AM 12/9/08
ddue i can just see business people reading the news eating toast and driving in the morning haha
njso18
Numerous
Posted 6:46 AM 12/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Mmm, goatse toast.
Numerous
nutbastard
Posted 6:45 AM 12/9/08
hell yeah.
nutbastard
dorkboy
Posted 6:43 AM 12/9/08
This could really be fun for all kinds of occasions. Nice
dorkboy
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 6:42 AM 12/9/08
Photos from the internet + Scan toaster = NSFW sandwiches for lunch
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Daulken
Posted 7:37 AM 12/9/08
This is a marketing nightmare/dream come true depending what size of the loaf you're on.
Oh, if only this technology had been around sooner, you'd have gone to lunch only to have Samuel L. Jackson printed on the side of your sandwich saying, "There are snakes, on your m'fin sandwich." The other side would say, "Go see my new movie, snakes on a plane, starting tommorow."
Given that I can see far more commercial uses for this than consumer, I'm really suprised that version didn't come out first.
Daulken
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 7:34 AM 12/9/08
@bosskev: So just print "Enjoy the E.Coli"
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Valicious
Posted 7:19 AM 12/9/08
I'de print that@Return of DaOtter: print a bagel hole.
Valicious
Mathray
Posted 7:19 AM 12/9/08
I'm gonna make me some Tera Patrick toast and eat it!
Mathray
bosskev
Posted 7:18 AM 12/9/08
Before putting your lunchtime sandwich into the office frig, print your name all over both pieces of bread. Might help deter that one douchebag coworker who eats your food. Might. Well, probably not.
bosskev
Groggy Banana
Posted 7:16 AM 12/9/08
@citizen024: Buzz kill.. :)
Groggy Banana
LittleJon
Posted 7:58 AM 12/9/08
Damn! Yet another of my ideas that I did nothing about brought to market by someone else!
Oh, well! I didn't think there was much money to be made from this anyway.
LittleJon
katatonic1
Posted 7:56 AM 12/9/08
send one to my mailbox
katatonic1
General Halfshaftery
Posted 8:23 AM 12/9/08
Sung Bae Chang?? That guy owes me money!! Or was he a she? No matter, gimme my money!!
General Halfshaftery
misterwho
Posted 8:20 AM 12/9/08
A must have for spies.
misterwho
CommodorePerry
Posted 8:09 AM 12/9/08
Do you think if I toast an image of the Virgin Mary on my breakfast with this I'll be able to sell it on Ebay for $50,000?
CommodorePerry
falandil
Posted 8:37 AM 12/9/08
Oh wow... just think about this. Porn toast! After eating toast from this every morning for a few weeks, I can tell my friends about how I ate every major porn star of the last decade. And I can say it truthfully.
falandil
silvarga
Posted 9:08 AM 12/9/08
I wonder if It'll let me burn an image into french toast...
silvarga
ccwii
Posted 8:58 AM 12/9/08
@Numerous: News on my toast, yes. Toastse, not so much.
ccwii
infmom
Posted 9:37 AM 12/9/08
Gives "EAT ME!" a whole new meaning....
infmom
Quilt
Posted 11:19 AM 12/9/08
OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN! Imagine the sandwiches I'll be able to make with that!!!
Quilt
dcartist
Posted 11:09 AM 12/9/08
Stupid tech design. Just use a laser, yeesh.
dcartist
AdmNaismith
Posted 11:51 AM 12/9/08
I'm downloading my pictures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary right now!
Can you toast a tortilla in this thing?
My road to riches goes straight through Electrolux's back yard.
AdmNaismith
frndlybnny
Posted 11:54 AM 12/9/08
@Numerous: I believe you mean toastse.
frndlybnny
Purple Dave
Posted 5:39 PM 12/9/08
So how well will this work on pumpernickel?
@red3001:
Maybe, but this just means they'll start churning them out in large numbers. Yessir, miracles have just been introduced to mass production
Purple Dave
chelu
Posted 5:50 PM 12/9/08
Looks strangely similar to this other Orange-colored-toast-printer:
[www.yankodesign.com]
chelu
FeodoraChautauqua
Posted 7:01 AM 12/9/08
I'm going to show my age here, but early rumors about the Amiga's Video Toaster hardware said that it did exactly this, that it was designed for fancy hotels, and it used "jelly jet" technology (ink jet was brand new at the time). Funny if it actually exists now.
FeodoraChautauqua