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Re: Guided Vehicles

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From: John Nagle
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:17
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gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
>Several years ago I was up in some law firm and I saw a motorized mail-cart
>making the rounds, turning at corners, etc.  I looked at the floor and didn't
>see any track, so I asked.  Turned out that they had this aerosol spray on
>the carpet that left a trail (magnetic, I suspect) that the cart followed.

        Not magnetic.  Fluoresced in UV.  Are those still being sold?

					John Nagle
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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
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Subject: Re: Guided Vehicles
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Date: 14 Aug 92 18:17:07 GMT
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