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24 alternatives to The Toaster Project

A heroic attempt to build an electric appliance from scratch

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Toaster Project launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   First Build▲66

   Crowdsourced Home Appliance Innovation

   2014 · firstbuild.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hardware Hacker▲63

   Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

   2016 · nostarch.com · its alternatives →

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   Brick by Brick▲65

   How LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation

   2016 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs▲83

   Candid conversations with 30 leading designers

   2015 · kernandburn.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Burnt Toast - 2: Cookbooks▲61

   The good, the bad, the ugly of published cookbooks

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Mad Genius▲65

   A manifesto for entrepreneurs

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Hardware Startup▲62

   Building your product business and brand

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Second Machine Age▲66

   Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Making Ideas Happen▲75

   Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Grinding It Out▲72

    The Making Of McDonald's

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Makers: The New Industrial Revolution▲72

    The front lines of a new industrial revolution

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    The Quest▲62

    Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Building a device lab▲68

    Learn to build an effective device lab

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

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    Hooked▲69

    A guide to building habit-forming technology.

    2015 · nirandfar.com · its alternatives →

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    The 46 Rules of Genius▲65

    An innovator's guide to creativity

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    The Innovator's Solution▲69

    Creating and sustaining successful growth

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation▲61

    How to harness the collective genius of the people

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Making Things Happen▲66

    Mastering project management. Theory in practice.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Design of Future Things▲60

    A revealing examination of smart technology

    2015 · jnd.org · its alternatives →

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    Startup Rising▲60

    Inspiring stories from unlikely sources in the Arab world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Productivity Project▲74

    Essential read for anyone wanting to do more in less time

    2016 · chrisbailey.com · its alternatives →

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    The Creativity Challenge▲63

    "A go-to read for the creative genius in every one"

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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