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Put A Smile On Your Toast
Does your toast smile at you in the morning or is it a grumpy old man? Quirky as it may sound, I think small nuances (or gimmicks) like this can really make a difference in your day. Bring out your shiny smile for the Smile Cooking Toaster! Think hair straightening iron for a moment, similar to that clasp design is this appliance. Difference lies in the electric-heating nano-membrane and different smiley faces you can use to singe on the bread. The transparent style really adds to the elegance and the timer display (with heating controls) makes sure you don’t ever burn your toasts! Smile your morning blues away.
Designer: Xu Yan Xiang
95 Comments »
esa says
Glass is a very poor heat conductor, this device it’s very inefficient and wastes a lot of energy. But hey it’s still cool
Gary says
Not necessarily, they mentioned an “electric-heating nano-membrane”, which I assume is coated on the glass on the insides. As you pointed out, by using glass as a conductor, it would waste a lot of energy, not to mention a bit dangerous because it would hold the high heats longer than metal. But, I will give the designers the benefit of the doubt and say that they’re not scientifically/engineering-ly inept.
Marzaday says
Finally, one of the holy grails of toaster design has been solved thanks to the”Electric heating Nano-membrane”.
I don’t know if this tech exists but it had better work by generating a radiant heat. In that I mean a burning source. I have been involved in prototyping a number of attempts to solve this problem and if you don’t have radiant heat all you do is bake/cook the bread. This gives great melba toast but not good toast.
This is a great IDEA but you have to solve the tech before worrying about the looks of a product.
Electro heating Nano-membrane aside I am more impressed with the way the power cord disappears into nothingness when it enters the glass sheet.
CAD and a good rendering package can make anything look like it already exists but sadly if you want a product to truly exist you have to think a bit deeper.
G says
Owned
Mike says
The power cord doesn’t dissapear, it goes behind the clock display into the metal rod that makes the hinge
Manzard.café says
Brilliant, funny and cool!
Manzard.café says
Brilliant, funny and cool!
mif991 says
Really cool. Nice job….just the smile idea is worth a lot. I Hope you can patent this…
Tony says
Very nice. I think it would be cool if you could add the smiles to something such as an Eggo waffle.
ad says
every few months..a tranparent toaster..!
brack says
i love it. make it work and it would sell. Kids would love watching their toast.
tommyjj says
this creates many more problems than it answers. If it indeed answers any problems at all. It also looks less like a smiley face and more like a piece of bread with a bad bikini-tan.
印第安小狮 says
0o0 I like it! Wonder where to buy…
realitycheck says
You can buy it on Fantasy Island. Interesting concept but in reality just another pretty picture.
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0o0 I like it! Wonder where to buy…
ceebee says
I think you should be able to burn any design on a toast.
machine says
How much? I want one. Just because they’re cool
MIAN ATEEQ says
Waoooooo,,,,,, What a Product,,
Keep you Smile every morning,,,
From where we can buy.
tuba says
very nice
enjoyable & charismatic
Sally says
Where do the crumbs go?
Lucy says
Where can I buy this smile toaster?
Thills says
A good toaster delivers a piece of toast that is evenly cooked all over. This is not a good toaster.
Ohnodaddy-o says
I want one with Jesus on it.
Hank says
You'd make so much money on ebay
Hank says
You'd make so much money on ebay
Joseph says
Beautiful yet functional. The Nano glass heater is just awesome, and makes perfect toast every time. I hope this is easy to clean too.
you mac-loving-tards says
how about doing something useful instead of this shit
jandhob says
can i get one that does jesus's face?
jandhob says
can i get one that does jesus's face?
MattyMoo says
So you can sell it for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay? Probably not going to happen.
aaron says
as a product design student, I have to agree. pretty renderings are a dime a dozen. but then again, student projects are the only chance you get to come up with ridiculous concepts that would never work. but this one isn’t very impressive.
aaron says
as a product design student, I have to agree. pretty renderings are a dime a dozen. but then again, student projects are the only chance you get to come up with ridiculous concepts that would never work. but this one isn’t very impressive.
Gadgetguy says
It is cool! If it were practical I would get it.
Gadgetguy says
It is cool! If it were practical I would get it.
Frank Jovine says
The fact you can actually see the tooast is cool and the smile feature puts it over the top.
Nick says
Toasters aren’t usually grounded
D. says
I thnk it’s because it’s an asian plug. It’s not 100% sure it’s ground
Wanya Young says
Damn U japan And the awesome stuff u make! XD
Wanya Young says
Damn U japan And the awesome stuff u make! XD
buky says
Lol
You guys think too much.
Enjoy the design and live life. Geez
buky says
Lol
You guys think too much.
Enjoy the design and live life. Geez
D. says
I thnk it’s because it’s an asian plug. It’s not 100% sure it’s ground
Zww says
what about baguettes.. like you know slices not an entire baguette obviously.. AND BAGELS
fajas colombianas says
Now this is what I would call, breakfast with a smile.
fajas colombianas says
Now this is what I would call, breakfast with a smile.
BusinessIT services says
You can do the same thing by putting drops of milk on the bread in just about any pattern you like before you toast it and save yourself some money.
n says
lol hellokitty already makes a toaster that burns designs on the bread (and it’s real unlike this one): http://www.target.com/s?keywords=hello_kitty_toaster&LNM=Hello%20kitty%20toaster&CPNG=appliances&AFID=google&LID=3p253609&adgroup=toasters&MT=broad&KID=5bb82b7d-d68b-c169-e2e1-00003b63373f&ref=tgt_adv_XS000000
André says
Design realmente lindo!
peter says
That smile Toast look more like two nibble with a bikini…
Ffr says
Looks like a bikini and two tities
Michael says
Yeah like it lots but have u ever cleaned out a toaster before?
Kristjan - Superhuman Factory says
Haha that’s a nice toaster, wish I had one like it
Paramesh says
This product can be made as prototype to visualization of product design, but this practically not possible ur thinking, i means u rendered here, to make it happen lot engineering stuff to be consider.
Dalan says
Where do you buy one of these?
IT Rush says
Agree, can’t wait to see how to put some smile on my next toast..
Marshall Hansen says
This is the coolest kitchen appliance I’ve seen. I’m not sure I would worry about the efficiency of an object that runs two minutes a day at most as some of the other posters pointed out. Is this only available in Japan? Why do they get all the cool stuff?
alam says
this is nice …………….
Miguel Leiva-Gomez says
Damn.. I wanted to come up with something like this for years. A transparent toaster that prints shapes?!
Jaco says
Aerogel could have been in use.. that would make the heat and energi problem go away.
randy says
lol funny
namewhatname says
like we care what your invalid, uneducated commentary says.
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