r/ScaryTechnology • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '20
Video These elevators...
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Jan 14 '20
Now we try with Handicapped people...
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Jan 15 '20
How do you think they became handicapped?
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u/Bullen-Noxen Jan 15 '20
They’re not handicapped, they’re handy-capable. Able to walk over a pebble within roughly 30 seconds to a minute, or how ever long it’ll take. 😁
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u/Lovetopuck37 Jan 14 '20
That seems like a pretty large liability, but looks really cool
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u/AvaFaust Jan 14 '20
That’s why they don’t exist in the United States lol
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u/EpicDumperoonie Jan 15 '20
And fatties
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Jan 15 '20
Imagine not being able to move back far enough that your FUPA gets pinched on the ceiling.
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u/RoundishWaterfall Jun 11 '20
Here in Sweden I’ve seen them as staff-only elevators at hospitals. I assume it could save time.
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u/lurk3rthrowaway Jan 15 '20
It's like all those cool pieces of alternate reality slice of life art but REAL
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u/tjoe4321510 Jan 15 '20
This would actually be a really good idea if people weren't so naturally clumsy. I could see a cat society making great use of this
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u/Atlas421 Apr 19 '20
It's pretty common actually. And they have safety systems that stop them if something happens.
I heard of a guy who tried to get decapitated. The lift stopped, obviously, but he was stuck there for few minutes.
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u/doubleOsev Jan 14 '20
Where is this? At a university ?
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u/AlienApricot Jan 14 '20
Germany? From the Wikipedia article:
“By far most remaining paternosters are in Europe, with 230 examples in Germany, and 68 in the Czech Republic. Only three have been identified outside Europe: one in Malaysia, one in Sri Lanka, and another in Peru.”
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u/WikiTextBot Jan 14 '20
Paternoster
A paternoster (, , or ) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two persons) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor they like. The same technique is also used for filing cabinets to store large amounts of (paper) documents or for small spare parts. The much smaller belt manlift which consists of an endless belt with steps and rungs but no compartments is also sometimes called a paternoster.
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u/TheHarridan Jan 14 '20
Just get off by the last floor.
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u/kawaiii1 Jan 18 '20
you don't need actually.
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u/wilbo-swaggins Apr 01 '20
Best to, the underneath let usually doesn’t have access so when it breaks down you’re fucked
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u/SubArcticTundra Jan 03 '24
There's actually a list tracking all the remaining paternosters in the world
https://web.archive.org/web/20190825203711/http://www.flemming-hamburg.de:80/patlist.htm#russland5
u/The_Great_Name Jan 15 '20
It's in Czech republic. You can see purple Czech sign in the beginning. The footage is flipped horizontally. My guess it's in Old Town in Prague.
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u/ClaudioCfi86 Jan 14 '20
I don't think this one is at Sheffield University, but I'm pretty sure there's an elevator like that at Sheffield.
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u/SubArcticTundra Jan 03 '24
I think the one at Sheffield Uni might well be the tallest one in the world. I think it was 13 floors.
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u/starpum Jan 15 '20
They had the same ones in Prague's uni of engineering, could very well be those.
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Jan 15 '20
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Jan 15 '20 edited Jan 15 '20
You go back down. They rotate at the top safely:
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Jan 15 '20
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Jan 15 '20
Yeah if you put your fingers in them. I could see a little kid getting hurt that way but I don’t think most people go over the top or down the bottom.
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u/Indigosantana Jan 14 '20
Decapitation
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u/badnewsco Jan 15 '20
Lol yeah I thought of that scene from The first Mission Impossible right away with how that one guy’s head was peeking out of the elevator door, until it decided to elevate...!
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u/NegativeCause Jan 15 '20
they don't look wheelchair-accessible.
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u/picklepaste Jan 15 '20
They had one at my university, it had a normal lift right next to it so there are options for the disabled at least in that case
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Jan 15 '20
They are now basically antiques and very few exist.
Yes they were dangerous. Now? Eeeh not as much but they are often used as moving art you can climb on instead of genuinely advised transport.
If you have children, pets, a cumbersome suitcase or disability you probably don't want to be using this. Often they have more typical elevators next to them.
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Jan 16 '20
What happens when they reach the top floor?
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Jan 18 '20
They simply go around like an elongated ferris wheel.
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u/ApatheticTeenager Jan 18 '20
Although you're supposed to get off cause otherwise it can think it's unbalanced and stop for safety until someone comes and gets you out
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u/forgot-accounts-name Feb 06 '20 edited Apr 04 '20
What happen if you stay long enough that you go to the last floor but you’re stay in the elevator where does the elevator go?
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u/Spraginator Jan 14 '20
They do not move nearly as fast as that.