Comments on: Czech futuristic kitchen video from 1957 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 23:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: The Unusual Suspect http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html#comment-177417 The Unusual Suspect Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177417 Whatever happened to those induction ranges anyway? I haven't seen one since the early '80s. And the rotating glass fridge makes a lot of sense, because it lets you locate what you want before you open the door. Whatever happened to those induction ranges anyway? I haven’t seen one since the early ’80s.

And the rotating glass fridge makes a lot of sense, because it lets you locate what you want before you open the door.

]]> By: se7a7n7 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html#comment-176710 se7a7n7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-176710 I can't wait till punch cards replace all my cookery books. I can’t wait till punch cards replace all my cookery books.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html#comment-177560 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177560 <i>Whatever happened to those induction ranges anyway?</i> You can still buy an induction range, but they cost a fortune. Whatever happened to those induction ranges anyway?

You can still buy an induction range, but they cost a fortune.

]]> By: footage http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html#comment-177355 footage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177355 This is the Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future, and the footage is probably a newsreel handout (what we would now call a video news release). See Design for Dreaming at archive.org/details/prelinger. This is the Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future, and the footage is probably a newsreel handout (what we would now call a video news release). See Design for Dreaming at archive.org/details/prelinger.

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html#comment-177102 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177102 "I can't wait to fry up a mess of punch cards." cried the half-man, half-mainframe. “I can’t wait to fry up a mess of punch cards.” cried the half-man, half-mainframe.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/04/29/czech-futuristic-kit.html#comment-177116 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177116 I'm pretty sure this is a dubbed version of an American film. Something I saw just recently, in fact. I’m pretty sure this is a dubbed version of an American film. Something I saw just recently, in fact.

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