I suspect that the connector is actually attached to a separate heating element underneath, because unless they have developed a way to produce plated through-holes in crockery, there is no connection betwixt power jack and silk screen.
"Alas, no plans to LAUNCH either the Wii-like toaster.."
I added the emphasis.
Also: heated plate = carnage if you cut hard witha knife, or plan to wash it (I'm sure there woudl be an engineering solution able to waterproof the plate though)
I was hoping the toaster and plate were wirelessly connected - much more fun if it calculated the angle and such itself. Red light if our of range. Granary bread = grape shot. Man the guns!
So you want a warm plate to put your toast on. Simple - do it the old fashioned way. Toast your bread on the grill and warm your plates under the grill pan as you do it.
With a really hi-tech grill you can even put cheese on your toast and melt it onto it.
Why do I want electrically powered plates, and electric cables trailing all over my dining table? And somehow are they dishwasher proof?
Clearly the world is in the grips of Toast fever- an intense craving to discover new and quirky ways to burn slices of bread till dry and crispy and then apply generous amounts of butter/jam/honey/cheese/scrambled egg (some people are known to enjoy fresh sliced banana on toast!) in some sort of crunchy tasty mess of crumbs and topping...
The flame because thats the element that makes toast, toast.
You could really impress your friends by offering to make them toast, having the toaster launch the toast across the room, and catching it backwards with two fingers before offering it to them. Might take a bit of practice though.
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Geeks re-invent breakfast
Steve
Secret message #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
Not so secret, if you can read Hebrew..? (I can't, obviously)
Funkster
Topside heating element obviously fake #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
I suspect that the connector is actually attached to a separate heating element underneath, because unless they have developed a way to produce plated through-holes in crockery, there is no connection betwixt power jack and silk screen.
Looks quite nice though :o)
Evgeny
Secret message in the inlaid warming wires? #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
It's a Jewish blessing of food, not a secret message.
ברוך אתה ה' אלהינו מלך העולם על העץ ועל פרי העץ ועל תנובת השדה
roughly translated as:
"bless you lord our god king of the world for the tree and the fruits of the tree and the yield of the field"
Ash
Warming coffee mug #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
I'd pay for that.
Martin Lyne
Harf! #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
"Alas, no plans to LAUNCH either the Wii-like toaster.."
I added the emphasis.
Also: heated plate = carnage if you cut hard witha knife, or plan to wash it (I'm sure there woudl be an engineering solution able to waterproof the plate though)
I was hoping the toaster and plate were wirelessly connected - much more fun if it calculated the angle and such itself. Red light if our of range. Granary bread = grape shot. Man the guns!
Anonymous Coward
Is it me... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
...or is that a turd on the plate?
Anonymous Coward
Butter n Jam #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:42 GMT
Can we have a machine to butter and jam to toast in mid flight pls ? (a-la wallace and grommit)
PS. It the plate dishwasher proof?
Anonymous Coward
kosher food only obviously #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:45 GMT
WIll the plate perhaps flash-incinerate a bacon sandwich?
Anonymous Coward
Beware of geeks bearing gifts... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 13:45 GMT
I can see this livening up many a wedding list
TeeCee
That thar toaster. #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 14:12 GMT
Didn't "Private Eye" do something similar with a "Toast-O-Matic" in their fake Xmas gifts section a few years back?
IIRC, theirs was the superior product as it had six slots to serve a full breakfast table and played the 1812 Overture while it was at it.......
Charles Tsang
I think Wallace has a prior patent case.... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 14:12 GMT
Heh, I can only think that Nick Park is amused to see someone has actually built something he's portrayed in his Wallace and Gromit movies.
Ponder Stebbins
I'm waiting... #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 14:12 GMT
...for the USB version
Bracken Dawson
Old news. #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 15:47 GMT
My uncle had an old toaster which could do this, on;ly it wasn't designed to. We got pretty good with the aim.
James Sherwood
@ Ponder Stebbins #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 16:10 GMT
Your wish has already come true, sort of. Please see: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/26/usb_toaster/
Anonymous Coward
“silk-screened gold and amorphic metal films” embedded in its surface #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 18:16 GMT
>" This enables the 12V plug-in plate to heat-up "
I'll bet it does, particularly if you put it in the microwave absent-mindedly.
the spectacularly refined chap
Been there, done that #
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 21:40 GMT
So you want a warm plate to put your toast on. Simple - do it the old fashioned way. Toast your bread on the grill and warm your plates under the grill pan as you do it.
With a really hi-tech grill you can even put cheese on your toast and melt it onto it.
Why do I want electrically powered plates, and electric cables trailing all over my dining table? And somehow are they dishwasher proof?
Matt
not another!! #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 00:38 GMT
god damnit! another toaster!! how many times can it be reinvented, into a format that i need! but cannot buy!!!
FFS guys... start producing these novelty toasters!
Adrian Esdaile
Just wait till Hamas hear about this. #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 01:02 GMT
Dangerous.
Next thing you know, the Palestinians will deploy the iKebab self-propelled guided pork kebab!
Who knows where this will end?
And, before I get flamed / jihaded / golemed...
It's a JOKE, FFS!
sath
Toast #
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 12:08 GMT
Clearly the world is in the grips of Toast fever- an intense craving to discover new and quirky ways to burn slices of bread till dry and crispy and then apply generous amounts of butter/jam/honey/cheese/scrambled egg (some people are known to enjoy fresh sliced banana on toast!) in some sort of crunchy tasty mess of crumbs and topping...
The flame because thats the element that makes toast, toast.
Helen-LG
awww #
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 18:49 GMT
Blast - I was just about to get excited about being able to have my breakfast Wallace and Gromit stylee! Aardman need to start designing kitchens!
Lightnix
Now... #
Posted Sunday 1st February 2009 20:33 GMT
You could really impress your friends by offering to make them toast, having the toaster launch the toast across the room, and catching it backwards with two fingers before offering it to them. Might take a bit of practice though.