Boffins invent beautiful, pointless toaster

A DESIGN team has invented what could perhaps be called the most beautiful toaster of all time. The downside? It doesn't, er, toast.

The company, Inventables, is based in Chicago and specialises in high-end and concept design. After discovering the existence of glass that can be heated, the team of graphic scribblers came up with a fantastic idea - a toaster where the sides are glass, thus enabling you to watch your bread crisp to the perfect colour.

The product page is here. And by gosh, that does look like a funky toaster.

Here's the problem. "The glass does not currently get hot enough to toast bread," the site helpfully informs us. So, the boffins have succeeded in inventing a toaster that doesn't toast. Good work lads.

The team goes on to say that "Someday this application may be possible". Well, we'll put this next to space tourism and the holodeck, then. µ