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 ...

THE important problem of town sewerage seems to be seeking its solution by the aid of all the natural elements. Water and earth have had their trials and have been more or less successful, and now an ...

Festo launched its AI-enabled monitoring and predictive maintenance technology, Festo AX Motion Insights Pneumatic. AX Motion ...

NEW YORK — A new state-of-the-art trash system in NYCHA's Polo Grounds Towers in Harlem promises to tackle energy, rodent and recycling issues. It is the first public housing building in the country ...

A servo-controlled welder offers process repeatability, reduces manufacturing costs, and is easy to calibrate. When it comes to welding, medical device OEMs face three main challenges, according to ...

Pneumatic motion control has been on the automation scene for decades and doesn’t appear to be heading for the exit ramp any time soon despite advances in technologies such as electric actuation.

Although great advances are occurring in the field of powered prosthetics, the devices typically still require bulky, heavy batteries. Scientists at Rice University are trying to change that, by ...

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 ...

What sets Sunfolding’s terrain-following tracker apart from other designs is pneumatics, a 360-year old technology that converts power into movement. Traditional trackers are mechanically more complex ...

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to its departure point due to a "potential mechanical issue," the carrier said.