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 ...

Thyssenkrupp has built the first rope (cable) free elevator. This will enable system like the Star Trek Turbolift which can move up down and side to side. This is elevator industry’s holy grail. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than 160 years, elevators have gone up and down. But German company ThyssenKrupp AG, the country's largest steel producer ...

David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem, founders of the Lebanese design studio David/Nicolas, have never limited themselves when it comes to design. Their portfolio to date includes everything from ...

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - December 01, 2014) - ThyssenKrupp, a global technologies and materials group, unveiled its new MULTI elevator technology, enabling the vertical and horizontal operation of ...

German engineers have invented a cable-less elevator that can move horizontally as well as vertically by using magnetic levitation, or maglev, technology - meaning the elevator carriage will float in ...

The traditional elevator has had its day. More than 160 years since cables and hoists were used on the very first lift systems in buildings, engineers have designed an alternative that uses magnets.