Wireless Elevators

[GuyJean]

Tokyo to get World's First 'Maglev' Elevator
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/01/17/maglev.lift.ap/index.html

The world's first elevators controlled by magnetic levitation will debut as early as 2008, a Tokyo-based company said Tuesday.

Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. will employ so-called maglev technology -- capable of suspending objects in mid-air through the combination of magnetic attraction and repulsion -- to control the lifts, it said in a statement.

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.

Cost to ride; 500,000 yen..

GJ
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[kurohinge1]

... [color="Blue"]Tokyo to get World's First 'Maglev' Elevator[/color] ...

And in the event of a sudden electricty blackout (and failure of the magnets), simply hit the red button on the left ....

[maninjapan]

Maybe, just maybe, there might be a HUGE cushion at the bottom for when the systems fail.

[ichigo partygirl]

Earthquakes and magnet-operated elevators really dont make me feel so good. Plus they wont work in action movies....There will be no wire for the good guys to hold onto after crawling out of an elevator and watching it plunge to the bottom.

[cliffy]

Earthquakes and magnet-operated elevators really dont make me feel so good. Plus they wont work in action movies....There will be no wire for the good guys to hold onto after crawling out of an elevator and watching it plunge to the bottom.

Maybe not action films, but the comedy routines would be good.

[Greji]

Earthquakes and magnet-operated elevators really dont make me feel so good. Plus they wont work in action movies....There will be no wire for the good guys to hold onto after crawling out of an elevator and watching it plunge to the bottom.

The plunge is not really bad on you Ichigo. It's that stop at the bottom that wears you out!