Editing Toaster (section)

== Research ==
Several projects have added advanced technology to toasters. In 1990, Simon Hackett and John Romkey created "The Internet Toaster", a toaster that could be controlled by the [[Internet]].<ref name="tIn">{{cite web |last=Dern |first=Daniel |title=11.6. I heard someone hooked a toaster to the Internet?! Really? |url=http://www.savetz.com/yic/YIC11FI_6.html |access-date=25 November 2008 |work=Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online |publisher=Kay Savetz}}</ref> In 2001, Robin Southgate from [[Brunel University]] in England created a toaster that could toast a graphic of the [[weather forecasting|weather prediction]] (limited to sunny or cloudy) onto a piece of bread.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1264205.stm |work=BBC News |title=A small slice of design |date=6 April 2001 |access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref> The toaster dials a pre-coded phone number to get the weather forecast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/04/bread_as_a_display_device/ |title=Bread as a display device – we have pictures |author=Orlowski, Andrew |work=The Register |date=4 June 2001 |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2005, Technologic Systems, a vendor of [[embedded system]]s hardware, designed a toaster running the [[NetBSD]] [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]] as a sales demonstration system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embeddedarm.com/software/arm-netbsd-toaster.php |title=NetBSD Toaster with the TS-7200 ARM9 SBC |publisher=Technologic Systems |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref> In 2012, Basheer Tome, a student at [[Georgia Tech]], designed a toaster using color sensors to toast bread to the exact shade of brown specified by a user.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-26/the-hue-color-sensing-toaster-a-student-reimagines-the-modern-home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229233204/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-26/the-hue-color-sensing-toaster-a-student-reimagines-the-modern-home |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2012 |title=Color-Sensing Toasters? A Student Reimagines the Home |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=26 December 2012 |publisher=BloombergBusinessweek |access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>

A toaster that used [[Twitter]] was cited as an early example of an application of the [[Internet of Things]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2013/07/25/this-high-tech-toaster-can-tweet/j9QvF2Fo0wvjeeGyOXoHsJ/story.html |title=This high-tech toaster can Tweet |first=Sam |last=Costanzo |work=[[The Boston Globe]] | date=25 July 2013 |publisher=[[New York Times Company|NYTC]] | location=Boston |issn=0743-1791 |access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/twittering-toaster/ |title=Toaster, Toilet Lead Appliance Invasion of Twitter |first=Priya |last=Ganapati |magazine=Wired |date=5 August 2009 |access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref> Toasters have been used as advertising devices for [[Online advertising|online marketing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mashable.com/2013/08/26/toaster-studel-twitter/ |title=Eat What You Tweet: Toaster Strudel Personalizes Pastries on Twitter |first=Samantha |last=Murphy Kelly |work=mashable.com |date=26 August 2013 |access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref>

With permanent modifications, a toaster oven can be used as a [[reflow oven]] to solder electronic components to [[circuit board]]s.<ref name="hackaday_081022">{{cite news |title=Reflowing with a toaster |url=http://hackaday.com/2008/10/22/reflowing-with-a-toaster/ |author=Kraft, Caleb |work=Hack a Day |date=22 October 2008 |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="circuitcellar_1785">{{cite web |work=DesignStellaris2006 |url=http://www.circuitcellar.com/designstellaris2006/winners/1785.html |title=Honorable Mention |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref>