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World's fastest elevator makes elevators scary
If you aren't spooked by elevators, that might change if you take a ride in Taipei's Taipei 101 building. That's because it sports the fastest elevator in the world, shooting people up from the 5th floor to the 89th floor in a mere 37 seconds. That's fast.
It uses fancy-pants triple-stage anti-overshooting systems and high-tech emergency break systems to keep it safe, but that won't make your stomach drop any faster once it starts off on its rocket flight. I'd say taking the stairs is a better idea, but walking up 84 flights of stairs isn't anything I'd wish on anybody. I guess my advice is to avoid the Taipei 101 building if you can.
TechEBlog, via Geekologie
By wizzie at 11:48 PM ON 05/28/08
Adam writes "I guess my advice is to avoid the Taipei 101 building if you can."
I guess we need to avoid Adam's articles.
Good grief Japan has had really fast elevators for decades and this is just another leap forward in that technology.
If you are SQUEAMISH about this kind of thing then write about tulips ... avoid? BAH its probably a lot of fun!
wish i had the funds to go there and see it.
By DillWeed at 8:53 AM ON 06/25/08
What is a
high-tech emergency break system, anyway?
In an emergency it breaks itself?
Oh! Maybe the idiot author meant BRAKE system.
Maybe the author should find another line of work that he can excel in.
By oskar at 11:56 AM ON 07/09/08
Adam should refrain from comments uninformed by his own experience. I rode the elevators in Taipei 101 in June, and I can say firsthand that the engineering of this system is incredible, with changes of acceleration barely perceptible. The ride was smooth and did not cause, for me, one iota of quesiness.
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