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September 12, 2008 12:53 PM PDT

Gentlemen, start your toasters

by Jennifer Lowell

The modern toaster looks futuristic and has the technological features to match.

(Credit: Porsche Design)

Here's a toaster that could pass as a conversation piece at your next poker game: this long-slot toaster from Siemens was designed by Porsche Design, a shootoff company of the automotive industry leader that specializes in consumer and home products with a focus on cutting-edge design. Sure, it'll toast your bread, but it'll also look really good doing it.

The toaster has an LCD display that shows how brown your bread has gotten, and you can choose from 11 cooking levels. The toaster even has a memory function, which will remember the setting you used the last time you turned it on. The slot can fit two slices at once, provided they're less than 25 centimeters long (or a dinner roll, if you use the roll attachment), and according to the Web site, it "features an integrated cover which protects the heating element from breadcrumbs and dust." It's also made of brushed aluminum and looks futuristic enough to match your future Porsche. Hey, if you can't have the car, at least you can have the toaster, right?

Jenn Lowell is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET.
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by pdennison3 September 14, 2008 3:39 PM PDT
are you serious???
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