How can you have classics without cartoons and comics? Those who inhabit the 31st century world of Futurama are whizzing around in some of the most popular pneumatic tubes of contemporary cultural production:
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Pneumatic post is a place to file notes about the life of pneumatic tube systems (particularly in hospitals) alongside other postal, medical and museum related discoveries.
Pneumatic tube systems are systems of pipes used to transport solid objects by vacuum. Once resplendent in European and American cities, they are now mostly used in hospitals, banks, pharmacies and other networked institutions.
I would love to hear your comments, on the blog or by email: a.harris@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Pneumatic tube systems are systems of pipes used to transport solid objects by vacuum. Once resplendent in European and American cities, they are now mostly used in hospitals, banks, pharmacies and other networked institutions.
I would love to hear your comments, on the blog or by email: a.harris@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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- I am an anthropologist researching medical practices. For more information about my research see: http://unimaas.academia.edu/AnnaHarris
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