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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "J. Clarke"  wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com says...   
      
   >> Such as system should see "pods" as simply cheap containers of a   
   >> standard size.  Essentially the $10 plastic storage totes we have today.   
   >> You'd have a stack of them that come and go with the deliveries/returns   
   >> that need to be made.  All you'd "summon" is a service that can shuttle   
   >> them between locations.  It's so straightforward I once planned a   
   >> similar thing as the basis for a bicycle delivery network.   
   >   
   >There is a technology in place already that implements this idea.  It is   
   >called a 'box'.   
      
   I think he's aware of this.  He calls them "totes".   
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