This question seems to be assuming that buildings are earthquake-safe in Japan. That’s a highly disputable supposition. The Kobe earthquake of 1995 did terrible damage and killed over 6400 people. Building codes were revised and improved again following that quake. The 3/11 quake in Japan had over 18,000 dead or missing MO...

Elevators have become very critical across all applications such as residential, commercial, and industrial. The market is expected to continue with the moderate growth trend during the forecast period. There have been few factors driving the market such as Rapid Urbanization, changing construction industry, and adoption of gree...

I was pretty surprised that I didn't see this one because it was such a popular game, even after scrolling through most of the answers here. One of the earlier missions on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was called “No Russian” and it made sure to tell you that you could skip it with absolutely zero negative impact to...

Of course I notice all of those things, but have only twice not ridden on the elevator since most places in North America have good inspection systems to ensure elevator safety. Reliability is another matter, poor maintenance companies and owners who do not spend money to keep their elevators current often result in very unrelia...

I tend to meet famous people in the passenger area at the airport rather than on elevators. About 20 years ago I met then-Congressman, now Senator Bernie Sanders in the waiting area by the gate at the Burlington, VT International Airport when I dropped my wife off for her flight to Washington DC. He was very cordial and polite. ...

If one thinks of an elevator is an extremely complex “pulley system”, it becomes apparent that the load will primarily act at the point of fixity (i.e. roof level). The load is actually much higher than lift capacity as Elevator suppliers it includes the weight of personnel (max), equipment, the counter-weight + dyna...

This is called the incredible elevator stick, but it is very versatile for many many uses. Sometimes the simplest inventions are the most useful. Back when I was in high-school, I would often have to use an elevator to get from one floor of the school to the next. As I am in a wheelchair, it was very difficult to maneuver in thi...

There it was, some 1,500 words into a story published in the Daily Beast: the infamous Donald Trump elevator tape. Well, not the tape itself, but the first reference in a mainstream publication to the possible existence of a “bombshell tape of Trump in an elevator in Trump Tower.” For months, reporters at various med...