Toasters

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Toast Your Bread With Cinder Blocks And Rebar

4:15PM January 12, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

Adi Zafran made his toaster out of cement blocks and rebar. He writes that he built it because pita bread is a staple food for him. Oh, I get it: It’s like a little brick oven. More »


Gadgets

My Old Toaster Exploded And Now I Want This Hello Kitty Toaster

8:20AM December 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

You might think the life of a tech writer is all drugs, cash, women, and limousines, but that’s a burdensome misconception. A few nights ago, while trying to reheat a pie, my toaster blew up. So I need this one. More »


Gadgets

Toaster Griddle Is The Perfect Appliance For Lonely Breakfasts

1:20AM November 3, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

If you roll out of bed by yourself in the morning in an empty apartment, breakfast for one doesn’t always have to be just a bowl of cereal. Nostalgia Electric’s griddle packing toaster has just enough room to fry up a couple of eggs or a single pancake. More »


Science

One Man’s Quest To Make A Toaster From Scratch

6:00AM April 22, 2011 | Rachel Swaby

In 2008, designer Thomas Thwaites decided to build a toaster from scratch – and not the “from scratch” that would land him in Home Depot for a couple of hours. He was interested in the seemingly magical process that turns what we pull out of the earth into the stuff that litters our houses. More »


Gadgets

Can A Single 21st Century Man Build A Toaster?

7:20AM January 13, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Remember Thomas Thwaites’s self-made toaster? In this TED talk, he overviews the incredibly laborious process of creating it. You’re gonna want your Eggos after the industrial capitalist system is overthrown, aren’t you? Sure you are. So pay attention! More »


Making Toast, CLEAR!

1:00AM July 29, 2010 | Mark Wilson

If only this defibrillator toaster concept were real, I could scream, “I NEED 50 CCs of butter, stat” every morning without looking like a total lunatic. [Shay Carmon via Design Taxi via that's nerdalicious]


This Toaster Is Actually A Dead Person

5:20AM June 15, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This is Anne Lindeboom. She was born in 1920 and died in 1984. Now she is a toaster. Or better said, her ashes are. More »


$6.50 Homemade Toaster Teaches The Value Of Walmart

12:20AM May 15, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Art student Thomas Thwaites created a lofty personal challenge: remake a £3.99 toaster he bought new at a shop from scratch. This corded glob is what he came up with… and while it’s a bit different from the model, it works. More »


Egg Toaster Concept Kills Four Birds With One Stone

10:40AM May 11, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

If you really like eating eggs, but you really like making toast, the BangBang is the device you’ve always dreamed of: a toaster-style, four-egg steamer, suitable for streamlining your morning routine or rigging your neighbourhood egg toss. Delicious efficiency. [Yanko]


Gadgets

The World’s Smartest Toaster Design

1:20PM December 25, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Sure, this is coming from the girl who went nuts over the idea of a self-stirring coffee cup, but a see-through toaster is abso-freakin’-lutely brilliant. No more burnt toast since I can see when the bread is perfectly oh-so-yummy-golden-brown. More »