Foodtubes Proposes Underground, Physical Internet 431
geek4 writes "Automatically routed canisters could replace trucks with an Internet of things, says Foodtubes. A group of academics is proposing a system of underground tunnels which could deliver food and other goods in all weathers with massive energy savings. The Foodtubes group wants to put goods in metal capsules two meters long, which are shifted through underground polyethylene tubes at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour, directed by linear induction motors and routed by intelligent software to their destinations. The group, which includes an Oxford physics professor and logistics experts, wants £15 million to build a five-mile test circuit, and believes the scheme could fund itself if used by large supermarkets and local councils, and could expand because it uses an open architecture."
Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Ok, I'll be the man in the middle
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We are going to need new acronyms (Score:5, Funny)
DDOS = distributed denial of snacks
Polyethylene Pam (Score:4, Funny)
I think we already had an energy-saving networked system like this that produced way less carbon than Diesel trucks, they were called TRAINS.
We are going to need new laws (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Polyethylene Pam (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, all it will take is a packet collision between my order from an air conditioning company and some other guy's stool sample on its way to the lab and the shit will really hit the fan.
Re:Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bush was right after all (Score:4, Funny)
Unfortunately this will be more like UDP, and the destroyed canisters won't get resent.
Re:Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Well, if you stole one slice of ham off of every ham sandwich being sent, you would have a lot of ham.
Re:We are going to need new acronyms (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Logistic issues I see: (Score:5, Funny)
8. Spam. Cans and cans of the stuff. Flowing into your house.
Re:Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Peter Gibbons: [Explaining the plan] Alright so when the sub routine combines the sandwich it uses all these extra chunks of ham that just get sliced off. So we simplified the whole thing, we round them all down and drop the remainder into a fridge we bought.
Joanna: [Confused] So you're stealing?
Peter Gibbons: Ah no, you don't understand. It's very complicated. It's uh it's aggregate, so I'm talking about fractions of a crumb here. And over time they add up to a lot.
Joanna: Oh okay. So you're gonna be making a lot of sandwiches, right?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Joanna: Right. It's not yours?
Peter Gibbons: Well it becomes ours.
Joanna: How is that not stealing?
Peter Gibbons: [pauses] I don't think I'm explaining this very well.
Re:Then stick people in them (Score:5, Funny)
step 3) might I kindly request we put the air back in first?
Re:Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Citizens of Washington: barrels are no more!
Enter the age of pork-tube politics!
- RG>
Re:Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Man in the middle (Score:4, Funny)
His name is Doctor Zoidberg to you!
Re:Man in the middle (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bush was right after all (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Man in the middle (Score:5, Funny)
Who would be suspicious of the box of Fudgepackers Browneye Chocolate Bar®, and a crate sent from Golden Showers Apple Orchard 100% Natural Organic Apple Juice®?
Where is your marketing sense of adventure?