Pneumatic Tubes: Transportation of the Past… And Future?
Wouldn’t it be nice if our transportation was as sleek as in The Jetsons or Futurama? Flying cars are cool, but what about a giant network of human-sized tubes that run through buildings and across entire cities? Well guess what? The future may not be as far away as you think!
Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Sources:
- http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/pneumatic-tubes-a-brief-history/278604/
- http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/elon-musks-futuristical-napkin-drawing-of-a-mass-transit-system/278608/
- http://io9.gizmodo.com/5822028/a-brief-history-of-pneumatic-tube-transport
- http://www.explainthatstuff.com/pneumatic-tube-transport.html
- http://www.techinsider.io/science-elon-musks-hyperloop-2015-11
- http://www.et3.com/
- http://lapsedhistorian.com/get-blower-londons-forgotten-pneumatic-messaging-tubes/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5iztiHu7E
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