Critics of US President Donald Trump were quick to accuse him of anti-Semitism over a tweet claiming that women accosting senators over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh were paid by liberal billionaire George Soros. “The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it!” Trump tweeted […]
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A telemarketer called my elevator
Enlarge / What do you push if you want solar panels? (credit: John Timmer) For most of my adult life, I’ve lived in dense urban environments where elevators are a part of daily existence. During that entire time, I’ve had an elevator get stuck a grand total of once. Someone opened a small panel, pulled […]
New mother ‘decapitated’ in freak accident in hospital elevator
Published time: 20 Aug, 2017 23:06 A new mother has died in a freak accident shortly after giving birth, when an elevator at a Spanish hospital activated before the doors closed and the woman was dismembered. The unnamed woman, 28, was accompanied by her new born child when the accident took place at the Valme […]
An Elderly Man Was Found Dead In Elevator A Month After Pressing The Help Button Twice
An elderly Denver man who died in an elevator had pressed the help button twice, but remained trapped until the fire department discovered his decomposing body nearly a month later. Isaak Komisarchik, who was 82 and had early on-set dementia, went missing on July 5. On August 2, the Denver Fire Department found his corpse […]
Elon Musk shares footage of The Boring Company’s first working car elevator
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is getting closer to becoming a reality. The businessman conceived the idea in December in response to the pain of clogged up roads and traffic jams, and it has begun to take shape thanks to work carried out this summer. The basic idea is that underground tunnels can transport vehicles from […]
This rope-free elevator can move sideways
MULTI is a rope-free elevator, built by German industrial company thyssenkrupp. It uses motors instead of ropes, which allows the cars to travel not only up and down, but laterally as well. The first system will be installed in East Side Tower, a new building to be built in Berlin. Feedburner