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3 days ago | 
elevatorworld.com | Kathleen Farrell |Lindsay Fletcher |Kaija Wilkinson
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Sophie Goodwin |Kaija Wilkinson |Kathleen Farrell
The world’s first museum about microorganisms employs the use of a clever elevator design to put visitors in the teeny tiny shoes of microorganisms. The ARTIS Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands has opened a new exhibit titled Micropia, as reported by ARTIS Zoo. The immersive exhibit teaches guests about microorganisms, or microbes, which are beings too small to see with the naked eye. Founded in 1838, ARTIS is the Netherlands’ first public zoo, and one of the five oldest in the world.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Sophie Goodwin |Kaija Wilkinson |Kathleen Farrell
The Centaur Theatre, Montreal’s oldest English-language theatre, is, for the first time in 56 years, now accessible to mobility-impaired patrons. Located in Old Montreal, The Centaur Theatre recently installed a street-level access elevator, which allows those who use a wheelchair or a walker or have other mobility issues to enter the building with ease thanks to the generosity of donator Marisa Testa, an avid theater-audience member.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Sophie Goodwin |Kaija Wilkinson |Kathleen Farrell
Diligent Robotics recently announced that its flagship product, Moxi the Robot, has completed 110,000 autonomous elevator rides and counting at health systems across the U.S., Robotics Tomorrow reports. Moxi has a humanoid form factor, with an arm for manipulating the environment, opening doors and pushing elevator buttons. Moxi is the only robot to accomplish this feat in a generalized way that is working 24/7 in U.S. hospitals.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kaija Wilkinson |Kathleen Farrell |Sophie Goodwin
A surprising feat of architecture for the advancement of the elevator industry lies on the eastern edge of Germany’s Black Forest. Opened in 2017 right outside of the town of Rottweil, Germany, the TK Elevator Testturm stands tall above the forest at a whopping height of 807 ft. The tower is one of the country’s tallest buildings and seems to make even the Black Forest feel small in comparison. With no windows, the 12 shafts of the tower are used to test new elevator models.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Shem Oirere |Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick |Kathleen Farrell |Stamatiou Themis
Cavinder Elevator Co., Inc., serving the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, recently celebrated completion of an elevator conversion at the Ocean Ritz condominium building in Panama City Beach (PCB), Florida. With Lerch Bates serving as consultant, the job involved converting an Otis Gen2® machine-room-less (MRL) system to a traditional, nonproprietary, overhead 1:1 roped traction system.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Lindsay Fletcher |Access BDD |Lee Gray |Kathleen Farrell
submitted by MaintenyAs the lift industry evolves, 2024 brings both significant challenges and exciting opportunities. While companies face a shortage of skilled labour, high energy costs and increased bureaucracy, those willing to embrace new technologies and innovative strategies can turn these obstacles into opportunities for success. For decades, the lift industry has thrived on low labor costs, high demand and substantial margins. This success, however, often masked underlying inefficiencies.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Thomas Salter |Access BDD |Lindsay Fletcher |Kathleen Farrell
images by Hilson MoranThe U.K. chapter of the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) organised an evening conference on the topic of “Adaptive Reuse in Tall Buildings” in London on 27 June. The event was held in Hilson Moran’s new offices in Shackleton House, in Hay’s Galleria, on the Thames River. This area used to be a wharf where clippers bringing tea from China and India were offloaded in the mid-1600s.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Kathleen Farrell |Lee Gray |Lindsay Fletcher |Madeleine Olausson
Recently, ELEVATOR WORLD Editor-at-Large Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick wrote that she believed many of us are just a little afraid of AI. She said: “I think it is the lack of humanness. We are accustomed to getting information from computers but believe they have been educated and programmed by humans. Somehow, generative AI is different — beyond human.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
elevatorworld.com | Vong Keovongsa |Kathleen Farrell |Philip Hofer |Urs Püntener
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