{"id":261,"date":"2009-07-09T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/261-building-a-toaster.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:52:26","slug":"building-a-toaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/building-a-toaster","title":{"rendered":"Building a toaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThomas Thwaites is attempting to build a toaster. &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to build a toaster, from scratch &#8211; beginning by mining the<br \/>\nraw materials and ending with a product that Argos sells for only<br \/>\n&pound;3.99. A toaster.&#8221;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>I have no words on how completely awesome this is. Increasing complexity in technology divorces us from the things around us. Complexity means that we can not understand, repair and tinker with the everyday objects that surround us. 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