cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前

The Hidden History of Pneumatic Tubes | The Saturday Evening Post

www.saturdayeveningpost.com

165

The Hidden History of Pneumatic Tubes | The Saturday Evening Post

www.saturdayeveningpost.com

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前

Extensive networks of pneumatic tubes allowed stories to whoosh around newsrooms, saving time, improving communication, and reducing stress, all while making really cool sounds.

Chat

sugar_in_your_tea
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
5·
5 个月前
Yeah, they’re pretty much only in bank drive-up windows and maybe some office buildings. It really is a shame because they’re so cool.
- MrShankles@reddthat.com
  link
  fedilink
  English
  arrow-up
  4·
  5 个月前
  A lot of hospitals have them too

Technology@lemmy.world

technology@lemmy.world

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

3.75K users / day
9.5K users / week
16.9K users / month
37.2K users / 6 months
2.51K local subscribers
70.5K subscribers
14.8K Posts
637K Comments
Modlog