[ClassyJacket]

Further evidence we should build a Futurama-style series of tubes in cities for delivering items. I'm not joking. Might need extra packaging to pin the pizza down to survive the forces however. Maybe stack the slices and wrap them or something.

[boomboomsubban]

Those existed, though ones large enough to ship a pizza were rare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube

[ta1243]

Tom Scott videos

Inter-building tubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMTZvA8iFgI

Food by tube in a cafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHZLKFblKo

[Ekaros]

Just have to roll it up. Sadly PFAS are banned so can't put non-stick plastic layer in between to avoid sticking...

[bagels]

https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_...

[ceejayoz]

Switzerland's working on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_Sous_Terrain

[throwaway61646]

On the other hand it's not hard to imagine how a modern pneumatic tube mail system could be abused (trafficking, terrorism, ...).

[boomboomsubban]

Basically the same way a normal mail system can be abused?

[avidiax]

Steve?

[voidUpdate]

I honestly believe a fully automated drone delivery system is easily possible with our current technology, the only issue would be funding and widespread adoption. And the delivery drivers annoyed at losing jobs

[bell-cot]

> ...the only issue would be...

And inclement weather, and overhead wires, and crashes, and liability, and NIMBYs, and all the creeps (from local cops to data aggregators to foreign intel orgs) who want access to the data, and ...

[afavour]

You’d probably be able to hire those delivery drivers back as part of the huge fleet of “drone engineers” you’d need to maintain the fleet as they crash, get attacked, batteries run flat…

[srmarm]

And noise