Ignite: Molly Wright Steenson - A Series of Tubes, EP 7

Wow! What a great presentation. On point and informative and lacking the usual fat marble filler that you see in most speakers. Excellent!

the speaker is orgasmic at points

With the rising cost of gas - is there a real reason why we've not developed a trans-continental pneumatic tube?

How kick-ass would that be? "Okay Jimmy. Grandma is only 20 minutes away, but we have to sedate you so you don't cause a pressure imbalance and destroy Chicago with a sneeze."

I find myself staring at the countdown and not taking in what's being said.

its a stupid and annoying feature they added, who gives a fuck about a stopwatch counting down.

excellent work!

I love the way the talk format is QUICK-QUICK-QUICK! but the video wastes a minute on a title card's worth of info :)

Great info, not sure how I feel about the lecture format. A speedy time-limit is fine and all, but having force-timed slides and the seconds count down super-imposed on the screen like that makes me nervous just watching. One would hope we're watching the video to learn something, not counting the seconds until it's over.

Larger department store have them to shuttle cash from the tills.
So does this technology suck or blow?