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 1882, Albert Robida described not only tube trains, but pneumatic postal delivery systems in his novel, The Twentieth Century. Those authors were quite prescient: versions of such systems were ...

Pneumatic tubes were popularized in the 1800s, scholars say, as an alternative to ground transportation. Capsules containing letters were pushed and sucked through tubes at speeds of about 20 or ...

But it turns out that the potential exposure extends into the walls: Researchers have found almost a dozen vulnerabilities in a popular brand of pneumatic tube delivery system that many hospitals ...

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 ...

If so, it’ll be the triumphant return of a technology that flourished at the outset of the 20th century: the pneumatic tube. One hundred years ago, tubes used blasts of air to change the way we ...

DW Pneumatic tube transport enjoys high-tech revival Posted: May 23, 2024 | Last updated: April 22, 2025 High-tech meets history: Pneumatic tube transport is indispensable in hospitals, offices ...