In Videos: Czech Out the Kitchen of the Future
This Czech vision of the future from 1957 features a number of goofy predictions (cookbooks replaced by punch cards, an at-the-ready dispenser that gives accurate doses of ingredients) along with a couple uncannily accurate ones (cool-to-the-touch induction cooktops and "TV shopping"—essentially an early, starry-eyed form of online grocery shopping).
The coolest thing in it is the circular, rotating, glass-door fridge and the infrared rotisserie. Give it another 51 years.
The Czech Kitchen of Futures Past
Link: Czech Kitchen of the Future [YouTube; via io9]
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3 Comments:
Goofy? I'm not so sure. Punch cards may not have survived, but the idea of programatic food prep did in the barcode programmed Beyond Microwave.
And regular Good Eats viewers have seen Alton's Zevro dispenser, though they might not have one at home yet.
drastic at 1:10PM on 04/30/08
Oh, yeah! Thanks, Drastic. I forgot about Alton's dispenser. And thanks for the microwave link. I guess the Czech kitchen has pretty much come to pass.
Adam Kuban at 1:24PM on 04/30/08
I want a refrigerator that keeps things fresh for six months! Pity that one didn't come to pass.
jenilowrance at 3:11PM on 04/30/08