New and Emerging Technology
CEDES and FIELDBOSS Partner To Deliver IoT Elevator Solution
Swiss Internet of Things (IoT) pioneer and original elevator light curtain manufacturer CEDES and FIELDBOSS, the Microsoft-based field service platform for elevator contractors, on November 11, announced a "transformative" partnership....
Hitachi Digital Launches GenAI Offering
Hitachi Digital Services, the digital consultancy and technology services subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., recently announced the launch of its generative AI (GenAI) offering: Reliable, Responsible, Observable and Optimal AI or...
American Startup Aims to Revolutionize Moving Walks
Brothers John and Matine Yuksel, both members of the A17 Escalator & Moving Walk Committee and Accelerating Walk Task Force, are bringing their father’s 48-year-old idea to life with Beltways®,...
Otis Announces Made to Move Communities Competition Theme
On September 10, Otis announced the theme for this year’s Made to Move CommunitiesTM global student competition: applying AI to enable more inclusive and sustainability mobility solutions. More than 250...
Growth Hive UK Provides Guide for R&D Tax Credits
In the competitive landscape of U.K. business, R&D tax credits can offer a financial lifeline that fuels innovation, growth and success, and Growth Hive UK has provided a guide to...
Professor: Space Elevators Could Happen in Next Few Decades
Citing an op-ed piece in Scientific American, Interesting Engineering reported that Stephen Cohen, a physics professor at Montreal’s Vanier College, believes a space elevator — a cable stretching from Earth...
Smart Lifts Toward a Future European Standard
New technical specification provides better understanding of the aspects needed in developing an IoT system for lifts. submitted by EFESME and SBS In April 2020, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute...
Feasibility of An Energy Efficient Fuel Cell Hybrid Lift: the Main Concept and Design
The application of fuel cell technology in the built environment by S. Kaczmarczyk, J. Blaszczyk, H. Lei and R. Smith Keywords: regenerative, reversible, fuel cell, hydrogen, solar panels, hybrid elevator,...
IoT and Smart Lifts
In this Readers' Platform, your authors contend that IoT-connected lifts offer new opportunities. by Enrico Scarrone and Marco Cogliati Developments in the digital sector, increase of connection speed and expansion...