The history of the elevator, if you define it as a platform that can move people and objects up and down, is actually a rather long one. Rudimentary elevators are known to have been in use in ancient ...

In 1894, some ten years before automobiles mainstreamed horizontal transportation, the Otis Elevator Company installed the world’s first push-button elevator. Arguably this small vehicle did more to ...

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Engineering firm ThyssenKrup has created a Maglev elevator that operates horizontally as well as vertically, and without cables. The firm has completed the first public tests of the technology in a ...

Brad Edwards answered selected viewer questions about space elevators on January 16, 2007. Please note we are no longer accepting questions, but please see Why Build It? and our links and books ...

Elevators haven't changed much in the past 160 years: one cabin in one shaft that travels up and down. Now, German elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has developed the world's first elevator that ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, closed out 2018 with the acceptance of the ship’s first advanced weapons elevator (AWE). The acceptance marks a ...

There's a lot to chew on from the third episode. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In this week’s episode, titled “Bend, Don’t ...