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Buying things for the home. I'd like to see an interconnected network of pneumatic tubes like banks have at the drive-thru. Connect every home and business with
by logn 14y ago
Buying things for the home. I'd like to see an interconnected network of pneumatic tubes like banks have at the drive-thru. Connect every home and business with these tubes and integrate it with internet purchasing.
- junto 14y agoWasn't there an entire town in the USA where they connected the refrigerators up to a automatic restocking system. Or have I imagined that?
- brwr 14y agoIf you did imagine that, you have an awesome imagination! If not, please send some articles on the topic my way. I'd love to read more about it.
- brwr 14y agoThis would definitely be an interesting development, but I think there are a number of concerns here. First off, that would be a lot of tubes. This problem immediately screams a graphing problem with, at the very least, number_of_cities * average_number_of_homes_per_city nodes. Even with that many nodes, the systems would be terribly inefficient. Secondly, consider that not all packages are the same size. In addition to have a standard-sized tube, we would also need a number of tubes to handle over-sized cargo and, since we can't realistically run one of these to every home, we would still have a use for the offices of UPS and FedEx. Another thing that worries me are the implications on us humans. If we can have everything sent to our house without ever leaving, we would all become recluses and never go outside.