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Can underground tunnels make instant delivery possible?

McNuggets delivered in < 10 min for just $1? This underground “Amazon Prime”-like delivery service is the closest thing humans have to teleportation.
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We drive everything everywhere – for each food order we place or package we order, it takes miles and manpower to get to us. But what if there was a simpler, more sustainable solution? Pipedream Labs has created a technology that’s the closest to teleportation we’ll ever get.

Small, electric robots could make near-instant delivery possible, and for a much lower cost and environmental impact than current methods. Utilizing underground tunnels, the robots would drop your delivery into a dedicated box in your home.

The company’s idea to build a network of tubes would allow direct delivery right into your home, for far less time and money than even Prime 2-day shipping.

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