Whatever happened to the vacuum tubes in many stores in downtown Lancaster that sent your purchase order and money up to the business office for your receipt and change? Paul Ripple Lancaster Dear ...

When New York launched its pneumatic-tube mail system in the fall of 1897, postal workers tested it out by sending canisters loaded with a Bible wrapped in an American flag, an artificial peach, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pneumatic tube systems (PTS) have become an integral component of modern hospital infrastructure, enabling the rapid and reliable transport of blood samples from clinical areas to central laboratories ...

MONROEVILLE, PA, USA, February 28, 2024 / EINPresswire.com / -- Deshanna E. of Houma, LA is the creator of the LK 77, a pneumatic tube and capsule system for gas stations designed to facilitate ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atreo Services, a company that delivers personalized service and support programs for hospitals nationwide that rely on material handling automation, today announces the first ...

Researchers have identified several high-risk vulnerabilities in a popular model of pneumatic tube systems (PTS) that are used by many hospitals to transport sensitive materials including lab ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook José Brenes/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan Hospital will be expanding its ...

Security researchers have detailed vulnerabilities in the system controlling the pneumatic tube networks used in thousands of hospitals around the world, which could allow hackers to disrupt the ...

Germany’s leader has dropped plans to phase out a 19th century-era pneumatic tube system used to ferry secret documents to his office, as it is proving to be a crucial tool in evading Russian spies.