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How to mod a toaster to control PC games [video]

58 points by Walkman 12y ago

KhalilK 12y ago
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ethana 12y ago
Good joke, I lost it when he types toaster into cmd using the toaster lever for 'a'. Needed that good laugh.
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gsands 12y ago
Could be a good oculus rift controller. Very tactile.
ddebernardy 12y ago
I was expecting some kind of Wasteland joke. Cool stuff.
m3sh 12y ago
I feel like I just watched another walter jr. parody/meme. I don't know, maybe because of toaster <-> breakfast wiring on my subconscious level.
sarreph 12y ago
I had no idea there was an industry-wide regulation that introduced USB ports in 2012... All this time and money I've wasted on building a serial bus for my '03 Toastmaster, and it doesn't have a remap function!
jagnew 12y ago
Nice going, Matt!
donatj 12y ago
lol, it took me a bit to realize this was a troll. I was like "When the hell did toasters get micro-controllers? Every one I've ever had just used two dissimilar metals as a heat sensor."
ykl 12y ago
This gave me a really good laugh. :)
maccard 12y ago
Video of the toaster here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosAD2mvUCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosAD2mvUCE
RoundCube 12y ago
I thought it was real until I read the comments.
michaelphipps 12y ago
This won't work on my toaster. When I press the lever it stays down until the toast is cooked. That's a long time to wait for the key to work.
bonkabonka 12y ago
Oh. Hm, guess April Fools is starting early this year.
cessor 12y ago
I like how he pretends that Windows actually contains preinstalled toaster drivers (with the default device icon in Windows actually being a toaster)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7tWd7B3iI#t=92 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7tWd7B3iI#t=92 "The factories that manufacture the toasters also run windows." http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think-that-my-wireless-keyboard-is-a-toaster http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think...

58 points by Walkman 12y ago

ethana 12y ago

Good joke, I lost it when he types toaster into cmd using the toaster lever for 'a'. Needed that good laugh.

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gsands 12y ago

Could be a good oculus rift controller. Very tactile.

ddebernardy 12y ago

I was expecting some kind of Wasteland joke. Cool stuff.

m3sh 12y ago

I feel like I just watched another walter jr. parody/meme. I don't know, maybe because of toaster <-> breakfast wiring on my subconscious level.

sarreph 12y ago

I had no idea there was an industry-wide regulation that introduced USB ports in 2012... All this time and money I've wasted on building a serial bus for my '03 Toastmaster, and it doesn't have a remap function!

jagnew 12y ago

Nice going, Matt!

donatj 12y ago

lol, it took me a bit to realize this was a troll. I was like "When the hell did toasters get micro-controllers? Every one I've ever had just used two dissimilar metals as a heat sensor."

ykl 12y ago

This gave me a really good laugh. :)

maccard 12y ago

Video of the toaster here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosAD2mvUCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosAD2mvUCE

RoundCube 12y ago

I thought it was real until I read the comments.

michaelphipps 12y ago

This won't work on my toaster. When I press the lever it stays down until the toast is cooked. That's a long time to wait for the key to work.

bonkabonka 12y ago

Oh. Hm, guess April Fools is starting early this year.

cessor 12y ago

I like how he pretends that Windows actually contains preinstalled toaster drivers (with the default device icon in Windows actually being a toaster)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7tWd7B3iI#t=92 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7tWd7B3iI#t=92 "The factories that manufacture the toasters also run windows." http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think-that-my-wireless-keyboard-is-a-toaster http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think...