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Smart Elevators Coming to Seattle

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sim-tower-needed-this dept.

coaxial writes "Fujitec has unveiled a new elevator system for Seattle's Metropolitan Park West Tower. The new system uses touchpanels to group users by destination. Riders may wait slightly longer for the proper car, but the overall ride is shortened because the car stops less."

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  1. Sweet Zarquon by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, down is nice...

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    1. Re:Sweet Zarquon by gold23 · · Score: 5, Funny

      My sole reason for clicking on this article was to see how far down the page I would need to go to get to the HHGG Sirius Cybernetics Corp. reference.

      Thank you for not making me scroll at all.

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    2. Re:Sweet Zarquon by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Before opening a story, I sometimes bet myself how far down the obvious comment will appear. Within ten, three, etc top level comments. I didn't even bother this time! Still, where are these smart elevators coming from and if they're so smart, why are they in Seattle??

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  2. Felon Car coming right up! by 0110011001110101 · · Score: 4, Funny
    "The predictive logic in our software acts like neurons in our body, parking (the elevators) at certain floors, knowing where the demand might be at certain times."

    Hmmm, I smell an upgrade coming.. incorporate fingerprint scanning software into the touchpad.. and send an elevator car full of convicted felons crashing to the earth...

    *EXCELLENT*

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  3. Oh God... by john83 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next, they'll give it a personality. A cheerful personality.

    At this rate, Douglas Adams will overtake Clarke as the SF writer who predicts the future.

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    1. Re:Oh God... by Golias · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was in LA once.

      Heh. Don't feel bad. Many of us have been in LA "once."

      Few are foolish enough to be in LA twice, if it can at all be avoided.

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  4. Finally! by scovetta · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's so good to be alive these days. The hours I spend each day riding up to the 9th floor of my building could be exchanged for time spent waiting on the ground floor with dozens of other (now happy) travelers.

    Thank you, Smart Elevator Company!

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  5. Re:Real World may hold surprises by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it would work the same way as the elevators do now. The more you press the button, the faster it comes. :)

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  6. Re:Real World may hold surprises by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    The easiest way to game the system might be to simply enter your floor number over and over, to fool the computer into thinking there's an increased demand for that floor.

    Heck, I do that now! The elevator definitely gets there faster!

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  7. Oblig. Simpsons by truthsearch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Homer approaches an elevator somewhere in the plant and pushes the down button.

    Homer: Whew! I made it the whole day without seeing her again.
                    [The elevator arrives and Homer gets in. The door closes and he notices he's crammed in with Mindy]
                  Aah! I mean, hello!
    Mindy: [awkward] Heh...I guess we'll be going down together -- I mean, getting off togeth -- I mean --
    Homer: That's OK. I'll just push the button for the stimulator -- I mean, elevator.

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  8. best solution by minus_273 · · Score: 4, Funny

    i think the best solution to this problem would be to upgrade it to web 2.0 using AJAX and an RSS/Atom feed.

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  9. heh by Moby+Cock · · Score: 4, Funny

    "One lady walked up to the kiosk, and I told her to enter her floor number, and she said, 'That's ridiculous,'

    Apparently my mother-in-law was in Seattle this week.

  10. They had this back in 2001 by ndansmith · · Score: 4, Funny
    Open the elevator doors, HAL.

    I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

  11. Re:Social Psychology by jsac · · Score: 2, Funny

    The University of Arizona Mathematics department installed chalkboards near the elevators on each floor in the math building. They were a huge hit.

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  12. Re:Real World may hold surprises by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you want ridiculous, try the double-decker elevators in tall buildings like the Scotia Bank Plaza in Toronto. It's a two-story elevator and you have get on at the right floor at the bottom depending on if you want an odd or even destination. (Not a problem if it's a daily routine, of course.) Coming down, there are frequent stop and waits while someone on the other floor of the elevator gets on/off.

    Maybe the elevator should have an elevator?

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  13. Re:Social Psychology by Peldor · · Score: 4, Funny
    Instead of messing with elevator, my prof used a bit of social psychology. He had mirrors installed next to the elevator on every floor. Apparently, the self-absorbed students and faculty looked at themselves in the mirrors while waiting for the elevator, and lost track of their waiting time. From what I remember, complaints about the slow elevators got reduced to about 1/2.

    If he put the mirror on the floor, I bet no one would have complained about the elevator.

  14. Re:Oblig. Family Guy by HomerNet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, just because there was a Simpsons about Homer riding in an elevator, does it necessitate quoting?

    For heavens sake, YES! If we didn't, the universe would collapse!

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  15. Re:Oblig. Family Guy by shut_up_man · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, you just zinged Simpsons quoting by using a Family Guy quote. I don't know whether I should mod you up, down or sideways. Maybe +1 Reflexive?