Otis elevators are in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building at 2,722 ft. Image © Emaar properties. But it was Otis' elevator that would allow for ...

In 1894, some ten years before automobiles mainstreamed horizontal transportation, the Otis Elevator Company installed the world’s first push-button elevator. Arguably this small vehicle did more to ...

The OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY can trace its origins to 1853, when Elisha Graves Otis introduced the first safety passenger elevator at the Crystal Palace Convention in New York City. His invention ...

Riding in an elevator used to be dangerous business — until Elisha Otis, of Otis Elevator Company fame, invented a device that could prevent a passenger elevator from falling if its rope broke. It ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wayne Rash is a technology and science writer based in Washington. One kink in the return to work since the Covid-19 pandemic ...

FARMINGTON, Conn. – The call comes in from an elevator in New York City. With a tinge of panic in his voice, a man tells the hot line operator he’s stuck. The doors won’t close completely, so the ...

What will it take to make people feel safe getting into elevators again? Elevator makers are working to make their products as contact-free as it is possible to make a 4-by-6-foot box shared with ...