Intelli-Techno-Non-Silly Putty

Snippet of a recent dream: I saw a mysterious substance with the consistency and color of Play-Doh (remember Play-Doh?) that had unusual capabilities. There was a sheen (micro mica particles?) to this stuff. A man put some of this stuff into an antique crank telephone and was able to immediately talk with the person with whom he wished to speak. He picked up the handset and without dialing was in touch with the right person. A woman put some of this stuff into an opened latch on the side of a toaster and immediately had some nice looking toast.