Can we speak, for a moment, about the humble elevator button? I know, there could hardly be a more seemingly inconsequential design element, yet the elevator button has become the bane of my existence ...

Hospital elevators are home to more bacteria than toilet surfaces--making the high-traffic area a breeding ground for potentially dangerous infections. Canadian researchers at the University of ...

Before the pandemic, there were many reasons to be anxious about taking an elevator — from being crammed in a small space with strangers, to getting stuck between floors. Now, as coronavirus cases ...

TOKYO, Sep 14, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. announced that they developed a touchless operating panel establishing an elevator without ...

Dan Darkow, director of the Miller Center for Student Disability Services, said he was “genuinely shocked” when he was first sent a TikTok video praising Miami University’s accessible elevator at ...

He couldn’t pee the consequences. A young boy in southwest China urinated all over the control buttons on an elevator, causing the system to short-circuit and trapping him inside, the South China ...

Newly manufactured call buttons themed on the Ukrainian flag and world peace are seen in this photo provided by Shimada Electric Manufacturing Co.'s office in the city of Hachioji, Tokyo. TOKYO -- A ...

Anyone who has ever repeatedly pushed the 'door close' button on an elevator and thought, 'It's like this thing doesn't actually work,' is about to feel vindicated — or very, very frustrated. This ...