Keyboard waffle iron cooks up your favorite peripheral

While you may lobby that nothing's sweeter than an automated waffle maker, Chris Dimino just might counter that. This design guru has apparently concocted a retro inspired, and ever-so-slightly altered kitchen appliance that cooks waffle that are a bit wider and more familiar than usual. This piece of cookware sports an integrated stand for holding four jars of syrup, and the iron itself presses a nifty keyboard each and every time -- caps lock key and all. Of course, we don't expect retailers to start stocking these things anytime soon, but if you're serious about your words waffles-per-minute, we're sure Chris could make arrangements.

[Chuckles McGee @ May 3rd 2007 9:39AM]

A part of this balanced workstation.

[andy @ May 3rd 2007 9:40AM]

What's the pre-order contact information?

[Darkpenguin32 @ May 3rd 2007 9:43AM]

First: This is awesome and i want one.

Second: Has anyone else noticed that the top of the waffle iron pictured is upside down? It doesnt match the imprint on the waffle.

[akintz @ May 3rd 2007 9:50AM]

Ya, it looks like they just set one of the finished waffles in place for the picture - but didn't really pay attention to orientation.

Oh... and I want one. This is something that might do well on a site like Thinkgeek.com. Or at least, those types of sites would be good places to sell it.

[SubGenius @ May 3rd 2007 9:49AM]

I just cancelled my order for the Optimus keyboard.
Now I'm on the waiting list for this thing of beauty.

[Jeff @ May 3rd 2007 10:01AM]

Why has this not been mass-produced sooner? I want one. Now. =)

[Kev50027 @ May 3rd 2007 10:29AM]

That is pure awesomeness. It should put the letters in there too.

[John Doe @ May 3rd 2007 10:39AM]

Sign me up for one. NOW!

[tiuk @ May 3rd 2007 10:56AM]

If I were buying a waffle maker, it would be this one.

[LukeA @ May 3rd 2007 11:18AM]

Let me know when it's USB.

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ May 3rd 2007 11:33AM]

Dang it, I'm already hungry as it is! Mmmm, this looks freakin' sweet, lol.

This would be perfect for an internet cafe on a breakfast menu!

[Mike Dillon @ May 3rd 2007 11:59AM]

I want the wireless version asap

[obiwan @ May 3rd 2007 12:58PM]

It CG, folks. This thing doesn't exist. That explains why you can't get one, and why it appears that the waffle in the iron doesn't match the pattern of the iron. The butter really gives it away.
Oh, and by the way, if I had this, I'd make 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0 waffles.

[Andrew B @ May 3rd 2007 1:03PM]

But does it run Linux?

[blackfeather @ May 3rd 2007 2:01PM]

Caps-Lock is there, thank god. But what about CTRL and ALT?

[Darth Tony @ May 3rd 2007 2:35PM]

I'll wait for one with function keys. I can't keep down a waffle without em.

[Mark @ May 3rd 2007 2:57PM]

I'll wait for Eggo to come out with a frozen version.

[Aaron @ May 3rd 2007 4:16PM]

Finger food! HA!

[Mickey Jones @ May 3rd 2007 4:47PM]

Well I like waffles...
and I like keyboards...

It was only a matter of time before someone combined the two into one.

I tried something similar with my mousepad-pancake but it never caught on.

[Scott Tucker @ May 3rd 2007 6:17PM]

This reminds me of the "Parable of the Object-Oriented Toaster!" Google it and enjoy.

[Tom Gabriele @ May 3rd 2007 7:38PM]

mmm...

CTRL - ALT - DELicious

(credit to Spybreak over @ gizmodo commenting on the same story)
(i know they are competing blogs, but puns are universal)
(just thought you'd appreciate it)

[toppgun @ May 3rd 2007 10:09PM]

I cant wait for thinkgeek to stock these

[Dave @ May 4th 2007 2:02AM]

I want to melt an actual keyboard in one.

[Isaac @ May 4th 2007 1:42PM]

Well, I went and read the article... it's probably never going into production, it's a Visual Arts project, probably a CG project. An awesome idea and I hope he got an A+, but unless one of us wants to make it... it's not going into production anytime real soon, heh. Actually I'm not 100% sold that it's just CG and not a physical mock-up... the butter is not a dead give away, plastic mock-ups are often used in place of food which could melt, spoil, or curdle under photo lamps. (like using elmer's glue instead of real milk when making cereal commercials). If it is CG, it's very convincing.

One thing that bugs me about the article though:
"Designed by Chris Dimino as part of a group exhibit for the School of Visual Arts, the typewriter iron represents the best of reinvention: an obsolete product, minimally modified, is given a completely new function."

What obsolete product are they referring to? The keyboard or the waffle iron? Since when are either obsolete and what, exactly, were they replaced with? I'm still using a keyboard... and if I had one, I'd be using a waffle iron... (if this thing were real, I'd buy it! As is, I'm stuck with pancakes for now).

[Derek Adams @ May 8th 2007 2:13PM]

getting one asap