Going up: the rise* in elevator intelligence
Posted: May 18th, 2010 | Author: ktcita | Filed under: behaviour, product design, technology | Tags: elevator lift "smart elevator" "smart elevators" | 2 Comments »When did elevators get so smart? Once they just went up and down, and now they alter their direction based on demand.
Today I was visiting the developers at another building and didn’t really think too strange when I first pressed the floor number. At the time it hadn’t occurred to me that I was choosing the floor as the first step of the process, on the outside of the lift rather than inside the lift.
Keypad on the outside of the lift, downstairs
It was only when I got inside and couldn’t find the usual floor buttons that I realised something was different. My more intelligent companion then noticed that the display above the door close/open symbols was displaying our chosen floor number.
Display inside the lift tells you which floor has been selected Read the rest of this entry »
