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 that seen in ...

If German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp has its way, we may soon be living in a world full of Wonkavators. The company claims its technology has the potential to let elevators move horizontally as ...

There’s one form of transportation that gets almost no press in the self-driving car and Hyperloop era: the lowly (and highly) elevator. Without it, there’d be no modern cities, and its evolution ...

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 ...

Rope-free and horizontal elevators are now a reality. German company thyssenkrupp trialled the new system named "MULTI" in a 246-metre high tower in Rottweil. They developed a system using linear ...

When you have skyscraper density, as in downtowns and most of Manhattan, there is much greater density of retail streets, and everybody is close to neighborhood activity and shopping. You just step ...

Former race car driver Max Lefèvre beat the competition by putting the world's first commercially available driverless vehicle on the road - but don't expect his invention to win any races. With a top ...

Speaking of elevators used in buildings and condominiums has become "common sense" without any doubt that a ride to move up and down floors is necessary, but from about 2016 it is necessary to change ...

Singapore will have an autonomous electric transit system on the road by the end of this year. The country’s SMRT public transit system announced a partnership today with the Dutch firm 2getthere for ...

The vision was as elevated as the track that loops as high as 45 ft. above the city’s streets: an inexpensive monorail that would help revive Detroit’s demoralized downtown by shuttling people from ...