Breakfasts lovers everywhere raise $90,000 for toaster of the future
You probably don't think much can improve a crunchy piece of golden toast laden with a gently melting pat of butter.
Unless you're one of the 981 people who backed Toasteroid, an app controlled toaster (featured on Kickstarter) that sears emojis and words onto your morning slice.
The Toasteroid prints anything from weather forecasts to smiley faces to text messages sent from your smartphone. You can design your own drawings to be printed on the toast or choose from set templates. Then, just choose the level of browning for your breakfast bread and...eat your toast.
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The Toasteroid's functions are enough to attract over $90,000 at the time this article was published, well on its way to the $150,000 goal. The Kickstarter campaign runs through Sept. 19 and a pledge of at least $79 gets you a Toasteroid. A mini Toasteroid can be yours for a pledge of $59.
This toaster of the future is projected to start shipping in July 2017 and while it has no shortage of interested consumers,
some wonder if this takes toast just one step too far.
Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
