The world’s first horizontala and vertical elevator can literally open up new directions of travel in underground transport hubs. MULTI breaks the 160-year tradition of rope-driven elevators and has ...

Elevator design hasn't progressed very much during the past 160 years, and still comprises cabins which move vertically in a shaft supported by cables. This is inefficient and limiting, taking up a ...

German engineering conglomerate ThyssenKrupp has turned a fictional multi-directional elevator into a reality. First-time Tesla owner shares what shocked him the most after owning the car for a year: ...

Elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has unveiled its latest technological advance, a cable free, multi-car, multi-directional elevator that has the potential to revolutionize the size and shape of ...

People don’t tend to notice elevators until something goes wrong. Unless one is slow, out of service or crammed full of people, we get on and off without much thought. Elevator makers haven’t given it ...

The days of vertical elevators may soon be behind us. A rope-free elevator system that can travel both vertically and horizontally is being tested in a 246m tower in Rottweil, Germany. As existing ...

You don't have to travel to Willy Wonka's world of pure imagination to see a multi-directional elevator. Instead, take a trip to Genoa, Italy and visit the Ascensore Castello d’Albertis-Montegalletto.

Elevator control systems have evolved considerably, integrating advanced algorithms and data-driven methodologies to meet the challenges of modern high-rise buildings. Recent developments focus not ...