[knuthom]

That article is really amazing. You know, when you read "futurist" type articles like this from the past, they always miss the mark. That is the first on to get it dead-on right.

Which should make you suspicious.

Cooking will be in solar ovens with microwave controls

Did the general public even know what "microwave" controls were in 1961? Any evidence, one way or another, that this article is actually from 1961?

[fnord]

microwave ovens were invented (more or less) in 1946

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html