Toaster Toasts Weather On Your Toast
Story by:
Brittany High
Man, toast must really be “in” this season, because we’ve been seeing some pretty cool toaster concepts lately, like the Toaster Catapult and Transparent Toaster. And Jamy is no exception. Created by French designer Nathan Brunstein, this toaster concept would put the day’s weather forecast right on your breakfast.
That’s right: you could check the forecast without even looking away from your carbs. Who needs a phone when you’ve got a slice of bread with a tiny weather report burned into it?
Haha, good luck trying to read it before I shove the whole thing in my mouth and swallow without chewing. Is it gonna be sunny? A slight chance of showers? Ten degrees below zero? You may never know, that weather-toast is loooong gone. And by “long gone” I mean “lodged in my throat.” Could’ve used some more butter. You know, really lube up the old trachea like a Slip N Slide. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
The Jamy Toaster appeared in 2012 as a design proposal, not a kitchen gadget already rolling off an assembly line. The idea was for a Wi-Fi connection to fetch weather data, with a proposed thermometer and barometer also described in contemporary coverage. Instead of presenting the information on a screen, the toaster would mark a simple forecast, including symbols and temperatures, onto the bread itself.
So would your breakfast tell you to grab an umbrella? In theory, absolutely. In practice, the weather-on-toast trick remained a concept; the reported features weren’t evidence of a commercially functioning appliance. Which is a shame, because I’d happily eat the forecast, the five-day outlook, and probably the instructions too.
Here’s a look at the original Jamy idea, subject to verification of the archived Pin:
The concept was meant to make the weather part of an ordinary morning routine. Bonus: if you didn’t like the forecast, you could cover it with jam.
And if the forecast looked especially grim, you could always butter it into oblivion.
crazy
Yay for carcinogens!
I mean C’MON! Can at least the gadgets you include on your site be an actual PROTOTYPE!?!
What the (bleep) is the use of having a ‘concept drawing’ of the gadget when it doesn’t even exist!?! Any concept drawings should be pushed to a Photoshop site!