The Royal Society hosts Unilever’s The Living Kitchen experiment

The UK’s national academy of science and event space, The Royal Society, has been hired by international Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company Unilever to host a two-day event called The Living Kitchen.
 
To be held on 7 and 8 November, the event will offer forecasts for innovations in food, as scientists from Unilever create imaginative views on the future of the way we will all eat and drink.
 
Unilever participants will take part in a series of lectures, presentations and creative events to examine as science fact what many of us might yet regard as science fiction. This includes: uncovering the culinary future for hydroponics and aeroponics, where vegetation is grown using mineral rich solutions and aerosols; creating domestic energy harvesting techniques to recycle heat ‘wasted’ during cooking; and exploring the potential of under utilised protein sources.  
 
Unilever’s research and development team has chosen the AVATAR group (Advanced Virtual And Technological Architectural Research) to lead these examinations and will focus on four dominant trends that could shape how and what we eat and drink in the future and include: new foodstuffs; sensation in food; and entertainment in dining.
 
“This is a window into the world of the future as natural resources become increasingly precious and food will be used more strategically than today,” says open innovation scientist for Unilever, Dr Teresa Belmar. “Our homes may even become places where we process and grow our own food. We will investigate what the future might hold using techniques that span both art and science.”
 
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