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UK Company Wants To Deliver Parcels Through Underground Tunnels

Posted by samzenpus on from the mole-mail dept.

Zothecula writes Drones flown by Amazon aren't the only way we could be getting our parcels delivered in the near future. UK firm Mole Solutions is exploring the possibility of using small robot trains running on underground tracks to manage deliveries, and it's just received funding from the British government to help test the viability of the proposal.

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  1. Re:Pneumatic post by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pneumatic post anyone?

    Everything will work fine until something, like an explosion, happens. Then the system will suffer from post-pneumatic stress syndrome.

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