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Featured in elevators

By Mar 29, 2017
Technology

This building hanging from an asteroid is absurd—but let’s take it seriously for a second

Welcome to the Analemma tower and its half hour elevator rides

This building hanging from an asteroid is absurd—but let’s take it seriously for a second
By Jul 31, 2015
Science

Test Tower For Magnetic Levitation Elevators Almost Ready

Going up ... and sideways

Test Tower For Magnetic Levitation Elevators Almost Ready
By Apr 29, 2015
Technology

Magnetically Levitating Elevators Could Reshape Skylines

They go up, down, and all around

Magnetically Levitating Elevators Could Reshape Skylines
By Dec 15, 2014
Technology

Magnetically Levitating Elevators Could Go Up, Down, And Sideways

Elevators: not just for elevating anymore

Magnetically Levitating Elevators Could Go Up, Down, And Sideways
By Nov 18, 2014
Technology

KONE UltraRope

A cable that will reshape skylines

KONE UltraRope
By Jan 22, 2014
Technology

Microsoft Turns Elevator Into Artificially Intelligent Panopticon

_Going down? _[sinister laugh]

Microsoft Turns Elevator Into Artificially Intelligent Panopticon
By Apr 17, 2013
Science

Why We Stand Where We Do In An Elevator

Elevator riders tend to arrange themselves into mini social hierarchies.

Why We Stand Where We Do In An Elevator
By Apr 4, 2013
Technology

9 Revolutionary Elevators From The Otis Elevator Company

Happy 160th birthday, Otis Elevator Company! Thanks for making modern cities possible. Here are the 9 coolest Otis elevator inventions from the Popular Science archive.

9 Revolutionary Elevators From The Otis Elevator Company
By Mar 9, 2012
Technology

How It Works: World’s Fastest Elevator

The first commercial passenger elevator, installed by Otis Elevator Company in 1857, climbed 40 feet a minute. The elevators that … Continued

How It Works: World’s Fastest Elevator
By May 7, 2005
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Inner Sanctum

A tower within a Tower: extra cladding in the middle

Inner Sanctum