What does a slice of toast wear to bed?
Jammies 
To get that perfect piece of toast, browned just the way you want it, heated to melt butter perfectly, check out Hue: A Smarter Toaster.
"That didn't deter Basheer Tome of GeorgiaTech, whose Fall 2012 project "Hue" is, as far as I know, the first toaster that detects the actual color of the toast in order to meet the user's toastiness preferences. Noting that "even the best toasters are inconsistent and unpredictable," Tome set out to solve the problem once and for all, identifying certain universal issues with toasters:
-Unpredictable on First Use: The majority of toasters measure toast based on time yet with zero standards or consistency between brands, models, and toasters, how do you know... the right setting on the first attempt?
-Inconsistent Results Every Time: With dozens of variable factors such as type of bread, climate, and more, time becomes an incalculable measurement and each attempt to toast a slice of bread a gamble requiring users to anxiously hover over their device.
- Filled with Stopgap Features: Top selling toasters include features like "bagel," "frozen," and "lift and look" but all of these simply act as band-aids to cover up the root of the problem: toasters are blind to their contents and their users don't trust them."
See the full article:
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/hue_a_smarter_toaster_by_basheer_tome_23966.asp#more
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Fascinating stuff and such a great idea. I hope he gets it into production, even if I did get a new toaster just last year.
And here's Eddie Izzard about the problems of toasters, and then Red Dwarf on the future of toasters:
