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Re:Japan Wants To Build A 311-Mile Cargo Conveyor Belt due a... by russfink on Monday July 01, 2024 @08:05PM (#40852206)
One more - 311 miles of airport luggage-like conveyors: would the standard cardboard box survive the many, many hops and interchanges required?

Sometimes I think ideas are published so that people in forums such as HN can come up with better solutions that they then learn from.

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Re:Japan Wants To Build A 311-Mile Cargo Conveyor Belt due a... by quartesixte on Monday July 01, 2024 @08:18PM (#40852291)
Related question: how many miles of conveyor belt in a typical UPS/FedEx center? How many miles of belt does a box currently traverse?
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