Rising 246 meters above one of Germany's oldest towns, TK Elevator's test tower in Rottweil is pushing vertical ...

Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. will employ so-called maglev technology -- capable of suspending objects in mid-air through the combination of magnetic attraction and repulsion -- to ...

Elevator manufacturing giant ThyssenKrupp announced its plans to develop a rope-free elevator last year. These new elevators will instead be moved by magnets, allowing for vertical and horizontal ...

This elevator may not burst out of a roof and fly across a city (yet). Still, the system being developed by a German company bears more than a passing resemblance to Willy Wonka's: Not only would it ...

is a little bit handicapping the building industry. We can build buildings higher than elevator growth, and the need for capacity in buildings is unmatched. adjust this to 90 degrees up and pull it ...

German tech company ThyssenKrupp envisions a future where self-propelled elevators can travel both horizontally and vertically along skyscrapers. Using linear motor technology similar to those seen in ...

The elevator, one of the most defining technologies of the modern city, started with a stunt. In the 1850s, Elisha Otis consulted with showman P.T. Barnum to design an elevator demonstration for the ...