How to mod a toaster to control PC games [video]

[kissgyorgy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7tWd7B3iI

[ethana]

Good joke, I lost it when he types toaster into cmd using the toaster lever for 'a'. Needed that good laugh.

[cessor]

I like how he pretends that Windows actually contains preinstalled toaster drivers (with the default device icon in Windows actually being a toaster)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI7tWd7B3iI#t=92

    "The factories that manufacture the toasters also run windows."

http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think...

[maccard]

Video of the toaster here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosAD2mvUCE

[gsands]

Could be a good oculus rift controller. Very tactile.

[sarreph]

I had no idea there was an industry-wide regulation that introduced USB ports in 2012... All this time and money I've wasted on building a serial bus for my '03 Toastmaster, and it doesn't have a remap function!

[KhalilK]

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[m3sh]

I feel like I just watched another walter jr. parody/meme. I don't know, maybe because of toaster <-> breakfast wiring on my subconscious level.

[michaelphipps]

This won't work on my toaster. When I press the lever it stays down until the toast is cooked. That's a long time to wait for the key to work.

[ykl]

This gave me a really good laugh. :)

[donatj]

lol, it took me a bit to realize this was a troll. I was like "When the hell did toasters get micro-controllers? Every one I've ever had just used two dissimilar metals as a heat sensor."

[ddebernardy]

I was expecting some kind of Wasteland joke. Cool stuff.

[bonkabonka]

Oh. Hm, guess April Fools is starting early this year.

[RoundCube]

I thought it was real until I read the comments.

[jagnew]

Nice going, Matt!