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» Capsule Pipelines - Contains a definition, history, views, and sources. Covers aspects of tube transportation, pneumatic tube systems, telegram conveying, and pneumatic despatch.

» CargoCap - Describes a system for conveyance of goods through pipelines in Bochum, Germany. Includes an introduction, background, and news.

» Characteristics of a Freight Pipeline Transportation System - A scoping paper by Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Covers linear electric propulsion, drag and stability.

» Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies - Describes ET3, a project developing an evacuated tube system. Includes a summary of the technology and application, list of benefits, FAQ, and patent and licensing information.

» Flexitaxi - Describes a Russian proposal for a tube transit system.

» Freight Pipeline Company - A company seeking to commercialize Coal Log Pipeline technology. Contains a business plan and history, and technical background to capsule pipelines, including those for biomass and mine waste.

» Inteli-Tube Pneumatic Transportation System - Contains an idea for a pneumatic tube based personal transport system.

» International Freight Pipeline Society - Society for those interested in capsule, pneumatic, and slurry pipelines. Contains a member directory, publications, and news.

» International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems - Contains news, history, conferences, and research groups.

» Magplane Technology, Inc. - Includes a description and technical papers covering a linear synchronous motor based capsule pipeline.

» Pipenet - Describes synchronous linear motor based system for moving lightweight freight, with movie of prototype in operation.

» RUMBA: Tube Underground Magnetic Levitation Railway - A proposal for a passenger magnetic levitation based railway. Includes analysis of design requirements, network components, and implementation.

» TubeWay - Describes suspended passenger pneumatic capsule pipeline proposal, with diagrams.

» Tubexpress - A proposal for a system to move pallet-load general freight at high speed between cities. Includes a summary, history, outline design, and consideration of economics, energy, safety, and maintenance.

» ISUFT 2005 - 4th International Symposium on Underground Freight Transport - Contains call for papers and background. (October 1, 2005)

» 3rd International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and other Tube/Tunnel Systems - ISUFT2002, a conference hosted by Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Contains an introduction, and conference and exhibition details. (September 19, 2002)

» Computerworld: Shipping Goes Down the Tubes - An introduction to many of the large diameter schemes under development. (March 26, 2001)

» New Scientist: Pipe Dream - Attempts to answer the question, what became of a 1960s scheme to transport solid goods by pipeline, and why? (May 13, 2000)

» Public Roads: Tube Freight Transportation - A review of the subject by Lawrence Vance and Milton K. Mills, United States Federal Highway Administration. (September 1, 1994)

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