Ropeless Elevator Can Move Up, Down, And Sideways | Co.Design | business + design - http://www.fastcodesign.com/3039246...
Dec 13, 2014
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"ThyssenKrupp proposes a new kind of elevator system, one controlled by a system of magnets, which could run multiple elevator cars within the same shaft and move both vertically and horizontally. The company estimates that this system, which requires less space for elevator shafts than traditional systems, reduces the space elevators take up in a building by as much as 50%. It also promises that MULTI's cable-less technology will do away with the height challenges presented by conventional elevators. Supertall skyscrapers can only rise as high as the elevators that move people through them—by one estimate, cable hoist elevators can only reach about 1,500 feet. An electromagnetic system could reach even higher."
- Todd Hoff
Doesn't Willy Wonka have the patent on this?
- Todd Hoff
Wokavator!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Who wouldn't want one of those?
- Todd Hoff