With simplicity in mind, Adi Zaffran was able to create a functioning toaster using cement blocks rebar, wire, wood and fasteners.
“The pita bread as a staple food led me to the use of simple and basic building materials,” says Zaffran, “It is very easy to make out of ready-made cement block.”
There aren’t any details that reveal how the rebar is heated, but the presence of a cord implies electricity is involved. Check out an additional photo after the break.
NBC/Syfy currently has their Caprica Graystone toaster on sale for only $19.99. That’s 69% off the list price. A pretty great deal for a toaster that will burn an image of a Graystone U-87 Cylon right on your breakfast.
This concept vending machine created by a partnership between Sanden, Okaya Electronics, and Intel offers customers more than just junk food – using a 65 inch touchscreen, transparent HD display, the machine presents a series of animations and menus in order to get the attention of those passing by. It can be used to tell the time, and even features a public safety mode that provides information in emergency situations, such as evacuation routes.
The machine also records the physical attributes of the person standing in front of the machine, in order to tailor ads to that particular demographic. The company developing the machine sees huge potential for such technology, and is looking for new and interesting ideas that will allow the device to act as more than just a way to peddle crap.
Hit the jump to learn more.
To keep the coffeemaker from taking up all your counter real estate, the designers of this TopBrewer system arranged things so only a tap shaped in a graceful arc emerges from the surface to deliver both coffee and milk. All of the machines guts are hidden inside your island or underneath your countertop, including the refrigerator, heaters, grinders and brewers.
The machine heats water for each cup in just 45 seconds, delivers a cup of coffee in 15 seconds, and a shot of espresso in 25 seconds. In addition, the TopBrewer is self-cleaning and can be operated via the user’s iPhone or iPad.
The system is still spankin’ new, so the iPhone app has not yet been released, and the price has not been announced. However, you can bet it will be a hell of a lot more than most coffee lovers are willing to spend.
Product Page: ($TBA via Uncrate)
We featured a mini pie maker sold by Willams-Sonoma in the past, and like all things sold at Willams-Sonoma, the price was too high (in fact, the it has increased to $99.95).
That having been said, there is an alternative for all of your mini pie-making needs that can be had for only $26.
ThinkGeek’s Personal Pie Factory can bring four pies from raw to cooked in under 10 minutes—all you need to do is supply the dough and the filling. I mean, $26! That’s a great holiday gift idea right there.
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The first prize winner of this year’s PennApps Data Hackathon went to a group of students who created this μWave microwave, which will not only cook your food, but also provide entertainment by searching for and displaying a random, highly rated YouTube video that matches the length you have to wait. If that isn’t enough, the device also texts you when your food is ready and tweets about when you use it. Hopefully this will become a real world product because I really need something to do while I’m trying to properly heat the center of a Hot Pocket.
Check out the video after the break to learn more and watch the device in action.
Damn, this is such an obvious and awesome idea. I bet it would be really easy to get pizza boxes in there.
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Kitchen Aid is offering this Wonder Woman mixer…but only in Brazil for some ridiculous reason. A DC-themed line of these would kick ass in the states. I mean seriously—I want a Batman mixer.
(Kitchen Aid via Comics Alliance)
