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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past couple of decades, ATMs and online accounts have just about killed the drive-thru window at the bank. That’s been bad for the companies that sell pneumatic tubes — you know, canisters ...

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 ...