Scan toaster puts the web on toast

Toast printers are nothing new, but the Scan Toaster printer concept design by Sung Bae Chang is different because it can print images and text onto a single piece of toast. The small printer, which is about the size of CD case, connects to a computer via USB cable and can download just about anything you see online so you can personalize your toast with pictures, logos, news, and weather.

The design was a finalist in the Electrolux Design Lab competition which focused on creating appliances for the future iGeneration. Other finalists in the Electrolux Design competition included the a Wi-Fi basket that's both a hamper and a washing machine, a desk-drawer hotplate fridge, and a social networking recipe generator. I doubt we'll ever see any of these products in stores anytime soon, but it's fun to see new concepts and consider the things we can do with technology.

Link: Net-talking toaster to burn news onto bread (Reg Hardware)