Pneumatic Tube System Delivers Burgers At 87MPH

Pneumatic Tube Delivery System in the Basement of the New York Life Insurance Building Popular Science, January 1930 A restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand, plans to install a pneumatic tube system for delivering sliders and a "wee packet of chips--um, fries," as chef Richie Ward explained in a video. The food, which will come enclosed in stainless steel capsules, will go barreling through the tubes at 87 miles per hour (140 kilometers per hour). Air brakes will slow the capsules to a safer s...