Life in 1975 (as predicted in 1962)
I actually have this book! It’s really awesome, and I even used a bunch of these images to illustrate a zine I published many years ago.
How to Preserve Foods. A rack of canned beans is lowered into a radioactive container where, in six to twenty minutes, the beans will receive enough radiation to preserve them indefinitely. Atomic radiation of foods will be routine in the seventies. Meats, vegetables, and fruits will be preserved by the process. Radiated foods can be kept for years with little or no refrigeration.
Even back in 1953 they knew better than to play with radiation.
Bacon in a Toaster. Bacon would be prefried, then hermetically sealed in this design for a future aluminum package. One way to heat it for eating would be to drop it in the toaster; another, put in oven or broiler. A major advantage is the elimination of utensils for cooking. Package is opened by turning back the edges. Leftovers are easily preserved by refolding the pouch.
Our 2008 reality offers a poor substitute.
Translating Machine. Typist copies story from Russian newspaper Pravda on special machine which converts Russian letters to punched holes in paper tape. Insertion of the tape into another machine produces translation. By the 1970′s, automatic translation of practically all foreign publications and books will be routine.
Private detectives recommend you don’t use this method.
Also from 1962: The Sears Catalogue
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