1956. General Motors and IBM team together to create the kitchen of the future with glass-dome oven and automatic food mixer

 

Like the dream cars of the motor manufacturers, a dream kitchen unveiled by Frigidaire has a host of startling features — and you won't be able to buy it for a long time. The oven is housed in a big glass dome to let you see what's cooking. Surface cooking is done on a marble counter top with induction heating units below that speedily cook food but don't warm the marble. A punched recipe card fed into an IBM unit controls the measuring and dispensing of the right ingredients. Dishes are washed in three minutes by ultrasonic waves. The selfrinsing sink features a warm-air hand drier, power-driven pot scrubber and a control that measures out a given amount of water heated to a desired temperature. A cylindrical refrigerator with rotating shelves can be loaded from inside or outside the house. An upper section stores dry foods. 

A hands-free, distant-talking TV telephone features a device that automatically dials any of 50 most frequently called numbers when a button is pressed. It can be set so that, by dialing home, you can start the oven, open or close windows, or perform other operations. A TV tube would show the faces of telephone callers, views of the nursery or front door, or regular TV programs. A motorized serving cart can be moved by remote control.

Glass-dome oven, range that cooks by induction heating without warming its marble top and a refrigerator with revolving shelves are features of kitchen. Uncooled top section of refrigerator stores dry foods. Recipe maker is in center at rear. TV is also feature.