06-09-2017, 02:18 PM
In a relentless urge to make the walk completely obsolete, lifts are about to get an important upgrade: the ability to go sideways, thanks to magnetic levitation technology. German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp promises two-axis travel ("the holy grail of the elevator industry") will revolutionize travel within the building and will have it running in 2016.
Elevators travel up and down. That's what they do. They do it because they move to be hoisted and lowered on cables from the top of any building they inhabit. It is not particularly efficient as it put a lot of energy in lifting the cables that the elevator is connected to, and is not particularly versatile because the cable restricts its potential directions of movement.
Elevators travel up and down. That's what they do. They do it because they move to be hoisted and lowered on cables from the top of any building they inhabit. It is not particularly efficient as it put a lot of energy in lifting the cables that the elevator is connected to, and is not particularly versatile because the cable restricts its potential directions of movement.