Engineering firm ThyssenKrup has created a Maglev elevator that operates horizontally as well as vertically, and without cables. The firm has completed the first public tests of the technology in a ...

They knew at the time it would be a gamble and the clock was ticking. A blue-collar community in New Jersey put $100,000 on the table in 2005 and hoped it would be the springboard that would send ...

Elevators are the dullest part of most buildings. They go up. They go down. But, these lifts make the journey between floors a tourist attraction. With a futuristic interior that screams “Beam me up, ...

If you’re claustrophobic you probably want to spend as little time as possible in an elevator. Therefore, sufferers will no doubt rejoice at the news that Hitachi is undertaking to create the largest ...

There is some carbon nanotube bundles that would be strong enough at 80 GPA of strength. However, there is less of this material than you would use to floss your teeth. There will be a space ...

Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials unveiled three shiny new elevators at the Greenpoint Avenue G line station on Thursday — the second elevator ever installed on the G line. The newly ...

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Riding an elevator is not complicated. You get in, you push your button, you turn toward the door, and you stare straight ahead (or at a TV, if you’re lucky enough to have one) until it’s time to get ...

Dear Dwellers of Vertical Buildings of Multiple Floors (and their visitors):<BR><BR>It has come to my attention that you may need a lesson from ENEMA (Educating Normal Elevator Manners Appreciatively) ...

When I step into an elevator in the Wolf Building, a seven-story former paper factory in Philadelphia’s Chinatown North neighborhood, the Muzak is typical if a little archaic: A smooth jazz rendition ...