A Globe reporter in 1900 asked the city’s top minds what the year 2000 would look like in the city. Some things they got right, others they got wrong. Very wrong.

In London in 1853, the solution was a 660-foot pneumatic tube connecting the stock exchange to the central station of the Electric Telegraph Company. London’s pneumatic mail system circa 1865 ...

But Musk is not the first person to suggest air pressure-driven transportation. As io9 notes, the concept behind the Hyperloop originated in the late 17th century with the invention of the world's ...

Esco Tool introduces the APS-438 Air Powered Saw and WrapTrack System, a pneumatic saw and pipe trolley system that is easy to operate and cuts a wide range of pipe materials.