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 ...

The Elektra actress was in need of a superhero herself as she attended her first ever Comic-Con and got stuck in an elevator, sharing several videos to her Instagram from the embarrassing Saturday ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elevator research and development inside the substantially complete 246-meter-tall thyssenkrupp Elevator AG test and observation tower in Rottweil, Germany, will begin next year, though the lift ...

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 ...

Norman Fulton knew better than most people how dangerous elevators can be. Nearly 25 years ago, one of Fulton's sons died in a 17-story fall while working on an elevator at a downtown Houston ...

Elevators have looked relatively similar for the past 160 years: one cabin in one shaft that travels up and down. Now ThyssenKrupp has developed the world's first elevator that travels up, down, and ...