A pneumatic system is one of the most commonly used types of instrument powering a variety of tools and equipment. From dentist tools, automatic doors, paint sprayers, to massive factory machines, ...

Whenever Elon Musk hypes up his Hyperloop idea—a conceptual transportation system that will whisk passengers to their destinations at speeds up to 700 miles per hour—he makes it sound like the most ...

The actuation of cams, detents, and levers has long been the forte of pneumatic or hydraulic systems in machines. These systems are generally open loop. The only verification that the system has ...

Artificial intelligence and video conferencing are tools Mayo Clinic has embraced, but a 75-year-old pneumatic tube system is still using forced air and brass tubes to move 10,000 packages a day. A ...

Pneumatic tubes were supposed to revolutionize the world but have fallen by the wayside. Except in hospitals. Pneumatic tubes were touted as something that would revolutionize the world. In science ...

Pneumatic devices use the power of compressed air (air that has been squashed tightly into a space) to make something move. The compressed air or gas can be used to move motors, cylinders or other ...

Pneumatics looks at the use of compressed air to create a circuit. A pneumatic circuit is made up of an input, process, and output. Pneumatics are used in everyday life for example compressed air is ...

Security researchers have detailed vulnerabilities in the system controlling the pneumatic tube networks used in thousands of hospitals around the world, which could allow hackers to disrupt the ...