Towcester message spreads further than baffling Toasteroid
Robin Gibson surveys the digital landscape
A while ago I suggested the Carrot app. It would get users to do things by employing a scaled reward/risk incentivisation matrix (a sort of carrot and stick kind of thing). Obviously this was ridiculous. I've just discovered this exact app, actually called Carrot, has existed since 2013.
Carrot proves you can get funding for literally anything. Good news for the nerds/comedians/idiots (select according to your feelings) trying to launch Toasteroid. In a twist on the 'Get your fridge to buy cheese' internet-of-things, Toasteroid prints stuff on your toast.
'Simply' (always is, right?) connect the app via Bluetooth to the wired toaster and you'll be able to "toast images, the weather, send toast messages, and everything in between". Yes! Everything in between, on toast.
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