{"id":897,"date":"2013-09-06T05:59:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T04:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potbanks.wordpress.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2013-09-06T05:59:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T04:59:48","slug":"the-future-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/2013\/09\/06\/the-future-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"The future sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pneumatic message system, featured in my novel <em>The Spyders of Burslem<\/em>, is set to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21929300.800-newmatics-antique-tubular-messaging-returns.html\">a high-tech comeback<\/a> according to <em>New Scientist<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Pneumatic tubes were once heralded as the future of communication and delivery&#8221; [but in London today] &#8220;Hidden in the walls is a vast computer-controlled network of pipes propelling capsules via air pressure and vacuum. Installed in the early 2000s, it is one of many places worldwide boasting a high-tech pneumatic network. Some places have hundreds of stations, fed by several kilometres of tubes and junctions.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Talking of science journalism, it&#8217;s sad that <em>New Scientist<\/em> is one of the few places at which intelligent readers can escape from the tidal-wave of sloppy reporting of science and junk science that is swamping the daily newspapers and the BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pneumatic message system, featured in my novel The Spyders of Burslem, is set to make a high-tech comeback according to New Scientist magazine. &#8220;Pneumatic tubes were once heralded as the future of communication and delivery&#8221; [but in London today] &#8220;Hidden in the walls is a vast computer-controlled network of pipes propelling capsules via air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}