that's a fantastic idea- really simple and intuitive to use. Hopefully it'd help shift people towards creating a standard set of sizes and contacts for batteries!
Anonymous Coward
Oh wow, yet another 'that would be sooo cool' design #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
with no technical design or merit, by a designer who almost doubtless knows nothing about engineering.
Well for a law suit that is. In today's world I predict that if this comes to market it will be less than six months before the company is sued. Because you know some nitwit or their kid will shove their cell phone battery in the actual toaster and gets hurt.
given the pyrotechnical aspirations of Li-Ion batteries, as demonstrated by a number of Dell and Sony laptops, some batteries will indeed come out toasted.
Why the hell does everything have to look like a damn iPod these days... Honestly, enough with the round white plastic crap - have a new idea for once.
At first I was wondering why there was a t-shirt on the front, but then I came round to thinking that maybe it was a piece of toast as drawn by someone who has never actually seen a piece of toast or, indeed, a piece of bread, but had the whole concept described to them using Babelfished text messages, and then approved by a senior product development team who had been similarly challenged in the whole bread aesthetics area.
Anyway, what I really want to know, is, will it charge the battery packs for USB toasters?
To all those whingeing about this idea encouraging people to put batteries in real toasters...
Please go back to reading the Daily Mail - nothing to see here.
"But think about the children!" - if you are thinking about the children then you should have your toaster (and your battery charger) out of easy reach until they're old/smart enough to look after themselves without burning the house down.
If someone is fooled into starting a lawsuit by an evil liar^h^h^h^h lawyer, let the courts sort it out. I don't think for one minute a reasonable judge would honestly rule in favour of such a suit.
Anyway, that's what the Darwin Awards are all about.
But he's not going to earn his daily bread with it ... because as far as I can see, the slot is much too small to get even a single slice of bread in it.
Why so many gimps moaing that "kids will put batteries in the real toaster dontcha know. So irresponsible."?
How about the following: Dont keep it in the kitchen by the real toaster. If your kid is so thick, then put the real toaster out of reach, or just let darwinian evolution take its course.
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Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 16:59 GMT
Well, I like it, I get the feeling that AA, AAA and common sizes of that type aren't supported which is a shame. But nice idea, and different, makes a boring process a bit more fun!
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Adrian Jones
Reachable Batteries? #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:34 GMT
Does it come with an optional extra for batteries which you can't reach?
Helen-LG
asking for trouble? #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
I would be so worried about kids seeing this and not realising that it's ok to do it with this toaster, but not with your normal one
Obviously it's entirely hypothetical at the moment but that would be my concern if they did launch this as a household item.
Arnold Lieberman
Huh? #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
Is it a 'chef's hat' or, more like (given the design) a SLICE OF BREAD on the side?
Anonymous Coward
If it works #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
that's a fantastic idea- really simple and intuitive to use. Hopefully it'd help shift people towards creating a standard set of sizes and contacts for batteries!
Anonymous Coward
Oh wow, yet another 'that would be sooo cool' design #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
with no technical design or merit, by a designer who almost doubtless knows nothing about engineering.
That's exactly what we need more of.
Clint Sharp
Thinks... #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
If you stuck a couple of Dell laptop batteries and a few burgers in there you'd save a fortune on charcoal when summer comes round again.
Who needs a toaster charger to make you pop up when Paris is around...
Iam Me
Interesting possibilites #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
Well for a law suit that is. In today's world I predict that if this comes to market it will be less than six months before the company is sued. Because you know some nitwit or their kid will shove their cell phone battery in the actual toaster and gets hurt.
David Gosnell
Cute #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
If loaded with Sony batteries and given a slightly more powerful spring, could this be used as a practical grenade launcher?
Rik
Well, #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
given the pyrotechnical aspirations of Li-Ion batteries, as demonstrated by a number of Dell and Sony laptops, some batteries will indeed come out toasted.
Anonymous Coward
Great #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
So my idiot brother-in-law gets confused and puts a lithium pack in a real toaster.
FAIL.
Anonymous Coward
Reachable batteries? #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
Now that we can charge reachable batteries, will it spell the end for all of those unreachable batteries out there?
Dave
Hmm Cooked batteries #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
My toaster sets fire to bread as well
Smokin!!!
Anonymous Coward
"reachable batteries" #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
Crumbs.
But what about the unreachable ones?
Andy Taylor
Nothing new #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
Battery manufacturers have been making batteries that toast themselves for a while now.
Mine's the one with the overheating iPod in it.
Jeremy
Borrowed from Apple indeed. #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
Why the hell does everything have to look like a damn iPod these days... Honestly, enough with the round white plastic crap - have a new idea for once.
grumble grumble...
Anonymous Coward
Chef's hat? #
Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 21:44 GMT
At first I was wondering why there was a t-shirt on the front, but then I came round to thinking that maybe it was a piece of toast as drawn by someone who has never actually seen a piece of toast or, indeed, a piece of bread, but had the whole concept described to them using Babelfished text messages, and then approved by a senior product development team who had been similarly challenged in the whole bread aesthetics area.
Anyway, what I really want to know, is, will it charge the battery packs for USB toasters?
James O'Brien
@reachable #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 00:12 GMT
Damn all you that took the joke out of my hands due to the time difference :(
/Mines the one with the reachable unrechable batteries in the pocket. Thanks
TeeCee
All sorts of connections? #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 10:28 GMT
Great. Now explain how you're supposed to get a set of NiMh "AA" cells through the little slot on the top. Hell, even AAAs look problematic.
Does it come boxed with a free chocolate teapot?
Peter Ford
Enough with the nannies already #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 10:28 GMT
To all those whingeing about this idea encouraging people to put batteries in real toasters...
Please go back to reading the Daily Mail - nothing to see here.
"But think about the children!" - if you are thinking about the children then you should have your toaster (and your battery charger) out of easy reach until they're old/smart enough to look after themselves without burning the house down.
If someone is fooled into starting a lawsuit by an evil liar^h^h^h^h lawyer, let the courts sort it out. I don't think for one minute a reasonable judge would honestly rule in favour of such a suit.
Anyway, that's what the Darwin Awards are all about.
Harry
The designed obviously kneeded the dough. #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 10:28 GMT
But he's not going to earn his daily bread with it ... because as far as I can see, the slot is much too small to get even a single slice of bread in it.
To which I can post only one comment ... crumbs!
It wasnt me
Is the world full of muppets? #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 12:31 GMT
Its a good idea for god's sake.
Why so many gimps moaing that "kids will put batteries in the real toaster dontcha know. So irresponsible."?
How about the following: Dont keep it in the kitchen by the real toaster. If your kid is so thick, then put the real toaster out of reach, or just let darwinian evolution take its course.
Asshats.
hj
prejudice? #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 12:31 GMT
Why do i have the feeling that all complainers about the children and lawsuits are North Americans?
Simon B
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Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 16:59 GMT
Well, I like it, I get the feeling that AA, AAA and common sizes of that type aren't supported which is a shame. But nice idea, and different, makes a boring process a bit more fun!
Yorkshirepudding
talkie toaster? #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 16:59 GMT
im still waiting for my chirpy breakfast time companion with a pathalogic interest in all things bread
Groz Bat
Perspective? #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 16:59 GMT
That bowl of fruit looks awfully small compared with that slice of bread.
Anonymous John
With apologies to Frank Sinatra #
Posted Wednesday 17th December 2008 16:59 GMT
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To be better far than you are
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable battery