Ignite: Molly Wright Steenson - A Series of Tubes, EP 7
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Uploaded by iGNiTe on Mar 31, 2009
In the 1800s cities used pneumatic tubes to transfer physical documents. Of course with the internet we no longer need these long tunnels, but that doesn't mean that they aren't fun to learn about how these old systems are similar to the internet. Molly Wright Steenson gave a great talk about how these systems worked and what was state of the art in the 1800's.
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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 :)
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Remember when? Banks still use pneumatic tubes.
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It's remarkable to see that even today, the same basic ideas of transferring information hasn't change much at all. All the same concepts we have now, we had then. We just used huge bulky iron tubes and steam engines, rather than compact computers and lengths of thin wire/glass cabling.
Certainly, as far as we've come, things back then had a certain charm to them you just can't get from modern hardware.
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ON A DESKTOP OMG!
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@4:53 on a DESKTOP, MOTHER FUCKER!
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God that countdown timer for each slide is annoying.
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Fucking awful american accents.
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We still use pneumatic tubes at the hospital to transport medications, documents, samples, etc. Saves us all a serious amount of time. I've worked in other hospitals without tubes, and it sucks big time without these systems.
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These systems are still in wide use in places where it's simply the easiest way to transmit sensitive material; in military installations and - for example, the Norwegian house of Parliament maintains a large and actively used system. Which I've played with.
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Nickelodeon angry beavers used tubes
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Brady, lots of banks still use tubes.
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Wow! What a great presentation. On point and informative and lacking the usual fat marble filler that you see in most speakers. Excellent!
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I am sure that *some* banks still use pneumatic tubes, but it is definitely not as common as it once was. Many now have drive-thru ATMs.
iGNiTe 2 years ago 2