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A normal Monday morning: My alarm goes off at 6:16, I silence it. It goes off again at 6:26, I silence it. It goes off again at 6:32, I slowly sit up in bed. I need to leave at 6:45 in order to be at work by 7, leaving little time for toasting. If only there was a product - a flash toaster - that
could instantly flash me a piece of perfectly prepared toast without having to wait for a toaster to heat up.
A flash toaster would incorporate two large Xenon arc lamps. Not true "flash tubes" but the end result will be the same and arc lamps don't need to be replaced between every use. The lamps are powered by a capacitor which recharges in the night.
One final benefit is that the owner gets to start his or her day not standing and waiting for some boring old toast, but listening to the crack of a 30kW discharge and seeing a puff of smoke rise from behind the gold tinted glass shield. There is no need for coffee because your adrenaline will already be going; there is a solid chance that one of the lamps will explode and destroy the toast (and your kitchen probably). Always wear eye protection when toasting!
This oughta do it.
http://news.softped...cing-Mission-2.jpg/
IMAX 15kW Xenon Arc Lamp [DIYMatt, Apr 23 2012]
Our ensemble is almost complete...
Instant_20breakfast
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 23 2012]
Simply order in advance - 24 hours notice required though
Orbital_20toaster
[normzone, Apr 23 2012]
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What are you talking about? I never make typos! |
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I'm not really sure this would work, unless you want your toast only to be browned on a terribly thin layer, or to be toasted on the inside and burned to ashes on the outside, making it not really toast at all except by the most pedantic definitions. |
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// gold tinted glass shield // |
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Nice touch. A full-color display makes such things much
more exciting. [+] |
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Yes! Instant-er breakfast. |
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you could water-cool the inside of the bread to stop it over-heating, or thinking about it, freeze the bread beforehand. |
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Just hold the toast out the window, somewhere near
the South/North Korean or the India/Pakistan border
sometime soon. |
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I played around with flash tubes years ago, and was able to melt the surface of synthetic fibers without affecting the core of the fibers. And that's the problem--the flash is so quick and short wave that it doesn't go very deep. To toast bread, you'd need to allow it to react via the Maillard reaction, and I doubt that would happen in the millisecond flash. |
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Thought this might be a member of a crowd who suddenly raises a glass in salutation. |
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Or a member of a Scottish crowd, who suddenly
raises a kilt in salute. |
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+ to Una's comment. (border toast) |
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Remember, these aren't flash tubes. They could be on for
a full second at a lower power setting. Also I'm too terrible
at chemistry to be sure but sources tell me that a Krypton
arc lamp would produce more infrared. |
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Please pass the Ammonium Perchlorate preserves? |
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You gotta post that, [bigs]. |
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What about induction heating? Orr a combination of IR amd
microwave? |
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We have programmable automatic coffee makers... obviously what's needed here is a programmable automatic auto-loading toaster. |
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A very quick spray of vodka onto the toast before the flash would add and possibly slow down the heat input over a longer period of time, allowing the heat to penetrate deeper and more evenly. |
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Possibly difficult to explain to the officer holding the breathalyser. |
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<Still holding the breathalyser. Ossifier> |
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