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Apr 28, 2007

CNC Makes Toast

Engaget reports: CNC hot-air gun used to draw faces, text on toast.

By hacking a CNC hot-air gun to respond to a "computer-dictated X-Y control system" and affixing it to the carriage of a printer, the evil scientists were able instruct the toasty (ahem) blaster to move around in a user-selected pattern in order to print images and text onto pieces of toast.

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