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Maglev elevators are coming that can go up, down, and sideways
ThyssenKrupp, the German steel and engineering giant, has created what it calls “the holy grail” of the elevator industry: a system that isn’t dependent on ropes or steel cables. If the technology, named Multi, does well in tests beginning in 2016, the elevators of the future could be powered by the same magnetic levitation (maglev) technology that floats the world’s fastest trains above their tracks.
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This sounds like a great idea, it would be like a mini train inside buildings, but can also go up and down. The hard part would be choosing where to make the Multi go in a building, because everyone would want it to go to their office.