Elevator
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Ethan Schlussler, 22, from Sandpoint, Idaho has built his very own human powered bicycle elevator as a means to gain access to his recently constructed treehouse. Schlussler came up with the idea when he was searching for a faster alternative to using a ladder to get up to his treehouse.
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Fraunhofer researchers have developed a FluzCrawler robot for inspecting steel cables on bridges, elevators, ski lifts and cable cars for signs of strain, wear and corrosion.
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A new lightweight elevator-hoisting line known as UltraRope could make kilometer-high elevators possible.
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The Porsche Design brand has designed a residential tower in Miami that features three robotic car elevators that allow inhabitants to take their cars right into their home.
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A Japanese company plans to build a space elevator that runs along a carbon nanotube cable anchored in orbit around the earth.
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Mitsubishi has developed new technologies that enable the construction of ultra-high-speed elevators able to travel at speeds of over 60 km/h (37 mph or 1,000 meters a second).
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Mitsubishi's 80-person elevator might be the world's largest
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Hitachi is building a tower at its R&D site in order to test the world's fastest elevator