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A lot of the technology that we see today is meant for us to act on our impulses and make purchases. They are ways for us to get addicted to technologies and use more of them, serving as a source of revenue for the vendors of the products and technologies, either directly or indirectly.There was a product, more specifically, a toaster, that was created to do the exact opposite. Let's say you did buy the toaster because it was cool and looked shiny. If you didn't use the toaster much, it would try to attract your attention by flicking its lever. If you still didn't really have any use for the toaster, it would sell itself. Wired.co.uk has an article about the toaster, and it's been called Addicted Toaster. The idea is certainly not going to be popular among manufacturers, who would want to sell as many units of a product as it can, and having their products posting advertisements for themselves would create a second-hand market that is likely to eat into the sales of the factory-fresh units.