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Makes me wonder if there's a different solution to the elevator problem entirely. Expand the scope to "moving people along a vertical axis efficiently". What wo
by johngalt 15y ago
Makes me wonder if there's a different solution to the elevator problem entirely. Expand the scope to "moving people along a vertical axis efficiently". What would a safe continuous elevator look like? Or could the solution for going up be different than the solution going down?
- shabble 15y agoThere's the Paternoster[1], which is essentially what you're talking about, but as it probably fairly obvious, they're pretty difficult to make both safe and efficient. I'm reminded of the 'Moving Platform'[2] idea proposed for high-speed trains fairly recently though, and I wonder if there's anything there that could be reused. What would a packet-switched elevator shaft look like? (Lots of small cars, which divert to individual 'station' queues for each floor, and latch onto a continuous moving belt at fixed intervals - shades of ATM) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster [2] http://www.designweek.co.uk/home/blog/moving-platforms/3027767.article http://www.designweek.co.uk/home/blog/moving-platforms/30277...