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#1 · (Edited)
Well, it's transport, isn't it?




Willy Wonka-style elevator uses magnets to move sideways

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...e-elevator-uses-magnets-to-move-sideways.html


and

ThyssenKrupp Develops Cable-Free Elevator Propelled by Magnets

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...cable-free-elevator-propelled-by-magnets.html


and

In Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Happy Vertical People Transporters do much the same job as ThyssenKrupp's MULTI, only they're sentient and can take you to the floor you want to go before you know you want to go there.

The drawback is that they're aware of their miserable condition, and spend most of the time moping in the basement, avoiding people.


http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1324305/magnetic-lifts-set-horizontal-launch/

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#3 ·
About time. Imagine the space savings when cars are able to share shafts, moving between them as needed. The current way of operating is like if a railway required each train to have its own dedicated track for the whole length of its journey because it was only able to run back and forth like a funicular.
 
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The ground floor of the new WTC1 in Manhattan. That's a LOT of space devoted to elevator shafts. Getting that down to about half would do wonders for the amount of floor space available for lease.
 
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Even if lifts just work on a loop, this is a clear benefit. Normally doubling the height of a building means doubling the number of lift shafts (or at least making bigger lifts).

Depending on how fast the lifts can switch to horizontal tracks, a useful feature would be to have sidings for loading and unloading, allowing others to pass. The way many high rise buildings in the US work (where you select the floor outside of the elevator) this could be made very efficient.
 
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