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Mar 29, 2017
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
Apr 29, 2015
Magnetically Levitating Elevators Could Reshape Skylines
They go up, down, and all around
Dec 15, 2014
Magnetically Levitating Elevators Could Go Up, Down, And Sideways
Elevators: not just for elevating anymore
Jan 22, 2014
Microsoft Turns Elevator Into Artificially Intelligent Panopticon
_Going down? _[sinister laugh]
Apr 17, 2013
Why We Stand Where We Do In An Elevator
Elevator riders tend to arrange themselves into mini social hierarchies.
Apr 04, 2013
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.
Mar 09, 2012
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...
