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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The inaugural episode of The Untapped New York Podcast was a dive into my favorite subject of all time: New York City’s pneumatic tube mail system. One of the highlights of this exploration was ...

Just prior to New York State going on PAUSE for coronavirus, we went to visit Roosevelt Island‘s amazing pneumatic tube trash system. Below the streets, residential garbage is whisked underground and ...

While the face of Mayo Clinic shows a cutting edge institution that uses Twitter, YouTube and other tools of the Information Age, a network that dates back to the ...

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 ...

It's all too common to find hackable flaws in medical devices, from mammography machines and CT scanners to pacemakers and insulin pumps. But it turns out that the potential exposure extends into the ...

THE important problem of town sewerage seems to be seeking its solution by the aid of all the natural elements. Water and earth have had their trials and have been more or less successful, and now an ...