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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — A new state-of-the-art trash system in NYCHA's Polo Grounds Towers in Harlem promises to tackle energy, rodent and recycling issues. It is the first public housing building in the country ...

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 ...

A research team develops 3D-printed pneumatic logic modules that control the movements of soft robots using only air pressure. These modules enable logical switching of the air flow and can thus ...

Although great advances are occurring in the field of powered prosthetics, the devices typically still require bulky, heavy batteries. Scientists at Rice University are trying to change that, by ...

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 ...