Up and down, up and down—riding in an elevator is so boring. The next generation of elevators will be able to travel sideways. German engineering company ThyssenKrupp has created the world's first ...

Last week German conglomerate and elevator-maker ThyssenKrupp unveiled the 21st-century equivalent of Roald Dahl’s the Great Glass Elevator. MULTI doesn’t quite blast into space, but the cable-less ...

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 ...

Otis developed APIs allowing autonomous robots to communicate with and navigate elevators in commercial buildings.

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 ...

Carbon County is spending $9,000 to hire an engineer to redesign an elevator system for Weatherwood, the county nursing home, officials said Thursday. Bognet Inc. of Hazleton had been hired as the ...

For decades, the idea of riding an elevator to space has intrigued both scientists and sci-fi aficionados. Now, the pipe dream may be inching closer to reality. Scientists from Columbia University and ...