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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. Waiting to get on the car... by FrontalLobe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Riders may wait slightly longer for the proper car, but the overall ride is shortened because the car stops less.

    Hmmmm, everyone I've ever heard complain about elevators (myself included), its the standing around waiting for the car to arrive, not how many stops it makes...

    Keep tryin'!

    --
    -FL
  2. Re:Real World may hold surprises by Brazilian+Joe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Never underestimate the power of stupidity.
    I have seen MANY real-world examples of peoples who:

    a) think the up and down buttons do the same thing (in part they do: call the elevator), but are blissfully ignorant that one is if you want to go DOWN and the other if you want to go UP. Really.

    b) (Most blondes fall in this category) Think you must press the UP button if the elevator is on a floor lower than yours, and the DOWN button if the elevator is on a higher floor.

    Sad, but true. Actually it's funny when you remember. But annoying when you get to wait the elevator when one of these morons is around.