http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/ Engadget Comments for Glide toaster gives breakfast bread a new flair http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
Yes, it looks cool, but who'd want to hang around feeding bread when you're already busy slicing up those tofu cutlets & readying the miso soy-mayo?
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What about if you want to toast something that's a little thicker than thinly-sliced bread? For example, Texas toast, a bagel, or the like? Can it handle any of that without crushing it?]]>Jan 17th 2007 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/1
slice
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a
time.

Inconvenient. ]]>Jan 17th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
1) No toasticles created while buttering well-toasted bread. The knife stays clean.
2) Butter infuses into the bread, which is nice if you are toasting bread for a sandwich. The flavor stays, but w/o the butter texture.
3) extra hard butter pats can be placed on top, toasted to mostly melt the butter - it then spreads easily.

Disadvantage: As some have pointed out, sometimes the butter is too hard to pre-butter. In this case, it doesn't work out so well. This is usually when using stick butter or margerine or certain hard butters.

Yeah, I'm a toast freak. Frankly, one of my favorite foods on earth is good bread toasted with salted cream butter....MMMMMMM.]]>Jan 17th 2007 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/But does it run linux?

ToastOS, no doubt.

Chris]]>Jan 17th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 18th 2007 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/RTFM its spring loaded to accommodate different sizes of bread.

The guts may be spring loaded, but the size of that slot isn't going to change and it's waay too small, IMO.]]>Jan 17th 2007 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
http://www.toaster.org/1940.html]]>Jan 17th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/- only one piece at a time
- can't handle thick breads/bagels/etc
- crumbs-a-plenty
... are kinda showstoppers.]]>Jan 17th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
http://www.core77.com/bullitts/2006/11/Jaren-Goh-Rollertoaster.asp?text=toast&context_id=2¤t_bullitt_id=515¤t_bullitt_number=1]]>Jan 18th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
See here: http://www.tias.com/7760/PictPage/1922939402.html

There's also a photo of the Toast-a-Lator here:

http://www.abc.net.au/hobart/stories/s1163655.htm

Along with the quote:

"Greg’s personal favourite – and the toaster he still uses – is the Toast-a-Lator from the 1940s. No slot on top – this one’s got a conveyer belt with the bread inserted at the side. Feed in the bread and out comes perfect toast, "just dropping on your plate!" This wonderful toaster brings the assembly line to the breakfast table. When you turn on the Toast-O-Lator a row of "teeth" begin rotating in a circular fashion "walking" the bread through the unit while being toasted. You can even watch the bread toasting through the circular viewing window in the side."]]>Jan 17th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
Ah, I see what you did there, Mr Watson!]]>Jan 17th 2007 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/rollertoaster-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-toasters-since-sliced/

enough of the damn toaster coverage guys! Could you PLEASE start focusing on the important things in life?



... like maybe some more coverage of the iPhone? or maybe another few comparisons of the 360 and the PS3? OH!! I KNOW!! How bout a full recap of the entire RIM vs NTP situation! These toasters are getting totally overexposed and you should put them back in their place (on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinet)]]>Jan 17th 2007 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
#2 I love the design but is definitely not going to fly as a mass consumer item. Not only have many people pointed out the "one-slice-at-a-time" problem, but it would be too easy for "non-bread items" (such as kiddo's fingers) to enter the side-slot entry.

#3 Kevin Fox - sheet feeder! Yea! that's the ticket! Where do I sign up for the model with the side-loading "sheet feeder"? I want the whole-loaf feeder with integrated bread-box. Press a button, toast comes out. Modern technology at its best. The wonders of living in a first-world nation.
]]>Jan 17th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
Perhaps that is because the ideal method had been discovered already?

"This toaster is designed to engage the user, re-invigorating the social context of toasting by questioning everything about what we toast with today."
I think that if Steve Jobs made the iToast, this is how he'd describe it :/. Really... "Reinvigorating the social context of toasting?" Bleh.]]>Jan 17th 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
This is the toaster to get:
http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=53]]>Jan 17th 2007 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 17th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
I swear, if Apple made a toaster, this is what it would look like.]]>Jan 18th 2007 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/rollertoaster-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-toasters-since-sliced/]]>Jan 18th 2007 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
Sorry, but there's just something "right" about the sound made when a toaster goes pop.]]>Jan 18th 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/Jan 19th 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
granted, all discrepancies aside, this is still pretty fucking cool.]]>Jan 21st 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/
The toaster works in a completely different way to that of the Roller toaster. The idea is that the bread moves between two ceramic plates rather than than a traditional heating element: This is in for improved reliability, more even toasting, reducing the amount of parts the child in India or China has to disassemble with their bare hands (have you ever taken apart an element toaster), as well as trying to reduce the risk of electrocution that occurs with element toasters.

Granted the idea of moving toast through a smaller toaster is by no means revolutionary, I mean it has to be one of the first things thought of in a ideation workshop at the likes of Philips design. But hopefully the idea of creating a socially engaging, functionally improved (in some areas!) and longer lasting product in our world of hidden away plastic crap has some mileage!

I'm currently seeking a production partner for this project.

george watson (designer)
watsogeorge@yahoo.co.uk

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What the hell does that mean?]]>Apr 2nd 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/17/toast-automatica-gives-breakfast-bread-a-new-flair/]]>Apr 3rd 2007 4:48PM