Pneumatic tubes were supposed to revolutionize the world but have fallen by the wayside. Except in hospitals. Pneumatic tubes were touted as something that would revolutionize the world. In science ...

Artificial intelligence and video conferencing are tools Mayo Clinic has embraced, but a 75-year-old pneumatic tube system is still using forced air and brass tubes to move 10,000 packages a day. A ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new pneumatic tube system at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk is reshaping how medical specimens and clinical documents travel throughout the facility, cutting transport times from ...

Fast Thermal Cycling and Process Efficiency Shape Demand The global market for kiln furniture and heat-resistant components is being reshaped by several long-term industry trends. Among them, the need ...

Dublin, Aug. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Pneumatic Tube System Market (2022-2027) by System Type, System Configuration, Function, End User, Geography, Competitive Analysis, and the Impact ...

It's all too common to find hackable flaws in medical devices, from mammography machines and CT scanners to pacemakers and insulin pumps. But it turns out that the potential exposure extends into the ...

Powered by compressed air, the system transported millions of letters between 1897 and 1953 Vanessa Armstrong - History Correspondent A pneumatic mail tube at the main Post Office Department branch in ...

Earlier this month, we found an NYC coffee shop designed to sort, roast, and transport its coffee beans around the store through the use of vacuum-aided pneumatic tubes. Almost two years ago, we found ...

Today, if you can find a pneumatic tube system at all, it is likely at a bank drive-through. A conversation in the Hackaday bunker revealed something a bit surprising. Apparently, in some parts of the ...

All of the buzz about Elon Musk's Hyperloop has Gizmodo and the Times remembering the original underground compressed air-based transportation idea—Alfred Ely Beach's Pneumatic Tunnel, built in 1869.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Used in the late 1940s and early 1950s to transport mail through New York City's pneumatic tube system, this canister ...