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Maglev Elevators by 2008?
An anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting that the first magnetic levitation elevators could hit the market as soon as 2008. The Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation has stated that the same technology used to develop high speed trains will soon be available in their elevators. From the article: 'The maglev elevators will be quieter and more comfortable and will travel 300 meters (984 feet) per minute -- not as fast as the company's conventional lifts that can move up to 1,010 meters (3,314 feet) a minute, Toshiba said.'"
one-upman ship
Help fight continental drift.
It will confuse the hell out of your pacemaker.
"Everything worth innovating today will go to court tomorrow."
I know its not maglev but hey.... Kyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say? Ned Flanders: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: What's it called? Patty+Selma: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail! [crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically] Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud... Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud. Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend? Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend. Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs? Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs. Abe: Were you sent here by the devil? Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level. Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can. Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man. I swear it's Springfield's only choice... Throw up your hands and raise your voice! All: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: What's it called? All: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: Once again... All: Monorail! Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken... Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken! All: Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! [big finish] Monorail! Homer: Mono... D'oh!
I think the invisible hand of the market has its middle finger extended
--A wise old fart named SC0RN
Now I know where Roald Dahl got the idea for the Great Glass Elevator from. Does anyone else find the similarity between a mag-lev elevator and a rail gun just slightly disturbing?
7. Wipes the drive on your iPod/laptop/thumbdrive whenever you move up a floor.
Great, now when my Bending Unit 22 gets in the elevator, its inhibition unit will malfunction and it will be singing "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" all the way up!
step 1. Watch Star Trek step 2. ???? step 3. Profit
In the Pit Fall, most breaking is done by large permanent magnets...
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Remind me never to go on that ride!
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It's customary these days to give a spoiler warning if you are going to reveal spoilers like that, these days.
...the earth's magnetic poles don't flip, while you're on it.
Weeks of coding saves hours of planning.
Zaphod: Yeah? What else to you do besides talk?
Lift: I go up or down.
Zaphod: Good. We're going up.
Lift: Or down.
Zaphod: Yeah, ok, up please.
Lift: Down's very nice.
Zaphod: Oh yeah?
Lift: Super.
Zaphod: Good. Now will you take us up?
Lift: May I ask you if you've considered all the possibilities that down might offer you?
Zaphod: Like what?
Lift: Well, er, there's the basement, the microfiles, the heating system... um. Nothing particularly exciting I'll admit, but they are alternative possibilities.
Zaphod: Ah, Zarquon's knees, did I ask for an existential elevator? What's the matter with the thing?
Marvin: It doesn't want to go up. I think it's afraid.
Ce n'est pas un vrai mouvement de robot!
3,314 fps would be INSANE.
Yeah, especially considering my monitor only does 125Hz.
Latewire
8. RIAA approved.
Yes - I for one support our MagLev overloards. I'm going to petition building management to be the first test site. It should be a wonderfully smooth ride for my backup tapes... Doh!
First it was a week's worth of Apple postings, now slashdot has apparently sold out to the elevator companies? Why are you guys posting all these elevator stories? You're such elevator zealots it makes me sick. I don't see stories posted about companies or people working on stairs or escalators. This is just sickening.