When Frederick M. Valerino Sr. was going to trade fairs 10 years ago with his array of pneumatic tube systems, he was regularly greeted with surprised looks and the exclamation: “Are they sti… ...

Roosevelt Island’s High-Speed Underground Trash System Runs on Pneumatic Tubes. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission.

Pneumatic tubes seem like a futuristic waste disposal technology, but they are widely employed in Europe and parts of the U.S., including New York’s Roosevelt Island and Disney World.

Elon Musk's dream of the Hyperloop -- that's high speed travel in large pneumatic tubes -- is slowly edging closer to becoming a reality. ABC News. Video. Live. Shows. 538. Shop. Log In.

Installed in the early 2000s, it is one of many places worldwide boasting a high-tech pneumatic network. Some places have hundreds of stations, fed by several kilometres of tubes and junctions.

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 ...