I’m not sure that this necessarily falls into the “digital trends” category — but I’ve always had a rather loose definition of that concept.

This is the Electrolux Scan Toaster — developed by Sung Bae Chang and entered into the Electrolux Design Contest.  The premise is simple: you hook up the toaster to your computer via USB and then download an image, news story, or Cathy cartoon to the toaster.  The modules within the machine then realign and toast the image onto your bread.

I don’t want to overstate this, but I’m fairly certain that this is the best thing to ever happen in the history of mankind. Take that, Guttenberg.

— Andrew