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This British guy decided to make a toaster from scratch, including all the materials. He even extracted irons from the iron ores. The toaster eventually only worked for 2 seconds, but it definitely brings a perspective on how much our technology has evolved over the centuries. He wrote a book about the experience, "The Toaster Project". Now he got a new TV deal to build different things from scratch, it will be fun to watch.
Thomas Thwaits also gave a talk at TED, it's interesting. Here is the link
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toast...