Today I wanted to share an article, which I read with particular interest concerning Pipe-Net, a revolutionary way to transport small goods patented by a professor of physics and industrial engineering at the University of Perugia.
[..] PIPEnet aims to combine the overcoming of spatial barriers, just the network, with the traditional tecnonologie. These pipes, mostly made of polyethylene, with a diameter of 60 - 80 cm in which travel at speeds of up to 1500 to 1600 km, the goods contained in capsules. The operation is simple: an electric motor provides the driving force then the package runs with the maximum expeditiously. In the air tube is absent and therefore lack the friction, the race knows no barriers. If you think that 's 80 percent of the parcels by the Post Office does not exceed 3 kilos of weight and that 75 percent of the goods can be palletized, kit and transformed into standard formats that do not exceed 20 kg, it is conceivable that with such a system the road transport could retire. The trucks, which go to an average of 'only' 50 per hour and are subject to all sorts of contingencies such as accidents and adverse weather can hardly compete with the network. Same goes for correspondence. Other advantages include the low cost and respect for environmental values. The most significant expenditure is given by pipes: every kilometer requires 2.5 to 5 million € .[..]
The first application of the project is imminent. In Pisa are being built the first 3 kilometers at a cost of € 8-10 million. It 'an opportunity to see the advantages that have so far secured only by academic studies.
[Source: Free]
seems like science fiction. But how many of the technologies we use today (think of the Internet and space travel) seemed possible 30 years ago? Probably it is still far from realization, but a dream
Italian postal system better than today I almost spontaneous 
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