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Message-Engraving Toasters

This Smart Toaster Can Print Messages and Images Onto Your Toast

— August 10, 2016 — Tech
The Toasteroid is a smart toaster that is designed to make it possible for you to make your bread a little more interesting to look at by making it possible for you to go ahead and have customized images and messages printed onto your slice of toast. This particular smart toaster allows you to do things such as print to-do reminders, weather forecast information and emojis onto your toast.

Developed by a Brooklyn-based company, this smart toaster is currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, with a pledge of $85 allowing you to secure a unit for yourself once they are made available for commercial production and delivery.

The Toasteroid essentially works by relying on a sliding scale of brownness and a special grid of micro-filament heating elements that are used to print your chosen message or image.

The possibilities with this smart toaster are endless, and it could help people send fun messages to their roommates or partners or even find a novel way to literally propose a toast to someone.


Trend Themes
1. Customized Toast - The trend of adding customized messages and images to toast, making it more fun and personalized.
2. Smart Kitchen Appliances - The trend of integrating smart features into kitchen appliances, offering enhanced functionality and convenience.
3. Print-on-food Technology - The trend of using innovative technologies to print images and messages onto food items, creating unique culinary experiences.
Industry Implications
1. Kitchen Appliance - The kitchen appliance industry can explore opportunities to develop more smart and customizable products to meet consumer demands for personalized experiences.
2. Food Printing - The food printing industry can leverage this technology to expand its offerings, providing novelty items and customizable options for consumers.
3. Messaging Solutions - The messaging solutions industry can develop new applications and platforms that enable users to send customized messages on various mediums, including food, for creative communication.
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