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05/03/2006

Transparent Toaster Concept

This innovative "Transparent Toaster" concept uses special heating glass to warm a single slice of bread. Unfortunately, the glass does not reach a high enough temperature -- at this time -- to actually toast the bread. No word yet on if this concept will go into production.

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Posted at 05/03/2006 01:05am by OlorinSledge
"Unforunately, the glass does not reach a high enough temperature — at this time — to actually toast the bread." Eh, so what's the point of it then? Lol...
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Posted at 05/03/2006 01:11am by musictimes
Haha one minor flaw - it doesn't toast. Oh well, nice idea.
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Posted at 05/03/2006 11:20am by Deadly Computer Blog - Transparent Toaster
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Posted at 05/03/2006 11:26am by Jay
it's a CONCEPT which mean's idea
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Posted at 05/03/2006 1:18pm by sean
it's a really good idea. if it's actually put into production, I would buy one.
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Posted at 05/03/2006 5:05pm by Air
One word, CLEANING! I have seen the inside of toasters and they are not pretty.
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Posted at 05/03/2006 7:23pm by Ryan
What a pain in the A$$ thing to clean, plus who the h^ll wants to watch their toast cook. I just see a lawsuit with some retard burning himself on the glass.
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Posted at 05/03/2006 8:08pm by SoMeKiD
u people dont know what the word "concept" means.. if it was out, i would buy one just for the looks, and cleaning.. u can probably slide/snap the glass right out.. how easy? i have an idea.. maybe they should insert some kind of metal in or close to the edge of the glass (around) and then have the bottom netal touch the metal of the base. snap it right off to clean, snap it right on to use =D
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Posted at 05/03/2006 10:59pm by turboslut
that's it.. the concept is almost done.. all you have to do is print metal in a pattern where bread would sit, but make it semi transparent. that part of metal would heat up to high enough temps, and glass would be able to withstand it, just like those electric stoves that don't burn hands but, burn everything else
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Posted at 05/04/2006 11:58am by marc
WoW basically good for nothing considering how big modern American families are nowadays...I would however like to use that for heating my towels while im in the shower.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 12:15pm by bob
Seems that getting the bread in and toast out might be a bit tricky in this design.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 12:17pm by Percy
One benefit I see is being able to see how done your toast is! No more burning or unncessary popping to see if it's done yet! You can just glance over and say "oh it's almost done".
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Posted at 05/04/2006 12:34pm by Sean
Nice idea. Since nobody can work out how to make a toast shade button work consistently, being able to see how burned it's getting will be handy.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 12:52pm by John
re. "u people dont know what the word “concept” means.." Some people don't know what the word "toaster" means.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 12:56pm by Chris
Forget the toaser, make a front windshield defroster out of that thing. Remote start my car in the winter and I'm ready to go in 10 minutes.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 1:13pm by Keith
This is be considered as one of the coolest-gadgets! Imagine starring at the change in colour and texture of the bread, over the transparent panel. How interesting :)
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Posted at 05/04/2006 1:13pm by Jordan Meeter
Cool idea, it looks really sweet!
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Posted at 05/04/2006 1:14pm by D
Wouldn't you just get hot soggy bread? The moisture in the bread would be working against the toaster.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 1:47pm by Lewis
Brought to you from the makers of the glass hammer.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 2:00pm by Scorwitz
This is a great idea. Being able to see when your toast is done. Never burn it beyond your liking again.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 2:13pm by Miksa
The way I understood from the Inventables site, this isn't actually a real concept about a toaster, it's only a concept showcasing a new kind of transparent heating element. They could have used any product where you would need a heated glass, like a car windshield, but they used toaster instead because the idea is funky.
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Posted at 05/04/2006 4:35pm by David Bond
Love the concept! Some thoughts: 1) It would be great if the front lowered when the toast was ready 2) Even using standard electric elements embedded in the (Pyrex?) glass this would prevent the kind of incident at uni when my friend stuck her knife in an active toaster and nearly killed herself 3) If you laid out a matrix of elements, you could print messages on the toast 4) More than one slice of bread at a time please! 5) The glass could be outlined in red when hot 6) A self-buttering mechanism would be great too ;o) Royalties to my Paypal account please :o) David
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Posted at 05/04/2006 5:09pm by djb31st.co.uk » revision!!
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Posted at 05/05/2006 03:31am by Neatorama » Blog Archive » Transparent Toaster.
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