While it's still just a design concept, Basheer Tome's idea for Hue, a toaster that toasts your bread according to your preferred shade of brown, is looking pretty... hot.

Get it? Because toast?

Behold, the Hue Toaster:

Apparently, they're also working on thermochromatic paint, so even the toaster itself changes color when it heats up. It's 2013, and this is the toast of the future.

H/T LaughingSquid + PicThx Hue