Cool gadget

[gadgetman]

Just encounered one of these in a Melbourne hotel last week, it's one of the coolest things I've seen.

It has motors that pull the bread into the body of the mechanism and has a button labelled "Lift & Look" which pops up the toast for a peak then pulls it back in again and another called "A Bit More" which does as it suggests.

Are these out in Britain?

[RichardCranium]

Back around 1990 my Senior Programmer said to me "... you just wait and see. They'll be putting microprocessors into toasters next."

My reaction: "Toasters? WTF for, FFS?"

"Oh, people will think it adds value and buy them."

"But it's just a f***ing toaster! WTF is the point of over-engineering a f***ing toaster, FFS? And WTF would buy one? Are people mad???"




He is now the IT Director for a multi-national. I'm sat on my arse at home. Go figure.

[Sysman]

I've got a toaster that claims to be microprocessor controlled.

It might make a difference for sliced bread straight out of the freezer, but I don't buy that any more.

I did have a VW back in 1980 which used a microprocessor for the windscreen wipers. I found a bug in it too - with certain timing you could get the thing confused. I wasn't really impressed.

[scotspine]

i used to have one of these 'lift & look' gadgets. they're pretty common here, lots of manufacturers, but the maintenance costs were high and they were never very dependable.

linky

<ducks>

[DimPrawn]

Whatever happened to "everything will have Bluetooth"?

[Diver]

I want one of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-oQ--U-WaQ&feature=fvw

190mph

[RichardCranium]

I want one of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-oQ--U-WaQ&feature=fvw

190mph

South Wales Echo

Mystery crater discovered in Brighton beach
Locals report sightings of a meteorite.

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Whoosh!
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"Foooooook meeeeee!"
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Splat!
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Local Hydro Engineer Disappeared
Local man, Diver, missing since before Xmas

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"He went out to the garage for a while and I haven't seen him since"
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[Diver]

[stingman123]

My wife makes my toast...........