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A learning toaster that can find the sweet spot between warm bread and coal. Works if I've put in frozen bread or bread from fridge or bread from the bread bin.
by SandB0x 15y ago
A learning toaster that can find the sweet spot between warm bread and coal. Works if I've put in frozen bread or bread from fridge or bread from the bread bin.
- palish 15y agoSomebody please make this! How hard could it be? No, forget about that -- I'd throw money at you. Heck, I'd work for you while throwing money at you while coding for you. I love toast.
- arethuza 15y agoA toaster that includes some kind of simple camera to monitor how dark the toast is getting would be great - I'd buy one.
- huhtenberg 15y agoToasters with a toast color sensor has been around for at least a couple of years if not longer. They just don't advertise them that way.
- arethuza 15y agoThanks - finding one was easy once I knew they existed! :-) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Kitchen-Home-Supplier-HD2580/dp/B00008BFTN/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Kitchen-Home-Supplier-HD2580...
- martey 15y agoThere are already "transparent" toasters with windows on their sides. This is low-tech, but I imagine works better and is cheaper than having a camera inside your toaster (an environment which is dark and hot).
- wlievens 15y agoYes, the dark current on that camera would be substantial.
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- tomelders 15y agoI remember seeing a guy design a toaster that had a component from a smoke detector in it which (i'm quoting form memory here) monitored the amount of carbon or something being released (???). The problem, as I'm sure we're all aware, is that toasters are very slow when you start using them, but if you make three or four rounds of toast one ofter the other, each batch toasts quicker. This smoke detector method solved that problem.... Although I've not seen it on the market, so perhaps it didn't work. But still, a novel idea.
- dimitar 15y agoWhat if you eat rye bread?
- pndmnm 15y agoThis has sort of existed since the '40s, using radiant heat from the bread: http://www.automaticbeyondbelief.org/ http://www.automaticbeyondbelief.org/ I haven't tested this, but you're probably have issues with e.g. dark rye.