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New Lift Tech Will Double How Tall Our Highest Buildings Can Be

China may be quick on the path to constructing the world’s newest tallest building ever, but, should it succeed, its reign is probably going to be fairly short-lived — and all because of a lift. More specifically, a lift that can travel up to 1000m — two times higher than any built before it.

6 December 2012

Geek Out

That Ghost-Girl Lift Prank Just Got A Terrifying Sequel

As a follow-up to its terrifying Ghost in the Elevator prank, Programa Silvio Santos is back with another way to terrify Brazilians who apparently don’t know the correct way to transport a coffin.

4 December 2012

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It Takes 20 Seconds To Get Annoyed About Waiting For The Lift

Theresa Christy, a mathematician who works for Otis Elevator Co (they probably power your building), told the WSJ that once you press a button and wait for the lift, it takes about 20 seconds before you start getting impatient and annoyed.

25 October 2012

Gadgets

Elevator Shelving Means You’ll Never Have To Reach Again

They say necessity is the mother of invention, but this time it was actually the mother of Canadian inventor Shlomo Shwartz. When he saw her using a stool to grab something from an out-of-reach shelf, he was inspired to come up with a safer solution. And so the Shelevator — a lift for shelves — was born.

9 October 2012

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The Paternoster Is The Scariest Lift Ever

Maybe it’s just me, but as I see people jumping in and out the Paternoster — a lift made out of chained cars that never stop — I can only see myself being crushed or losing a foot. It’s terrifying.

5 March 2012

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What It’s Like To Live In A Lift

No, you can’t actually live in a lift. You know this, right? But if you’re Remi Gaillard — famous for his Mario Kart pranks/stunts — you can certain mess with people who are trying to use one.

16 December 2011

News

Despite Two Deaths In Two Weeks, Elevators Are Still Safer Than Stairs

Yesterday a woman was killed when she tried to enter an elevator that suddenly shot upwards out-of-control. Just a week earlier, a woman was crushed by an elevator as she tried to crawl out of one that was in-between floors. Are you now terrified of elevators?

3 August 2011

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World’s Biggest Basket Lift Is Taller Than All Of Notre Dame

There must be a good reason you’d be in an open air basket 112m above the ground. Besides hot-air ballooning, you might be standing in a Bronto S-112 HLA, repairing hunchback damage atop the world’s most famous cathedral.

6 March 2011

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Squatters Live In A 45-Story Skyscraper With No Elevator. They Have DirecTV Though

Squatters in Venezuela have found a home in an unfinished 45-story skyscraper in Venezuela. They call their home the “Tower of David”, after the financier who tried to build it in the ’90s. People live up to the 28th floor in the elevator-less building and have jury-rigged electricity and water to every inhabited floor. Some of the squatters even have DirecTV satellite dishes set up.

5 January 2011

Gadgets

A Smart Place To Put The Elevator Button

I’ve never thought about this before, but when your hands are tied up and you need to hit the button to call the elevator, isn’t it smarter to kick the button instead of elbowing it? Those clever Japanese!

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