We’ve all stared at that button in the elevator with the phone icon on it, supremely confident that if the cab came to a screeching halt while rocketing up to the 42nd floor, a simple button press ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not fun to be anywhere with strangers. But by far the worst situation is the elevator. You’re trapped in a small box, and you have to touch shared buttons to get to ...

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Do “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work? Without rigorous independent studies, experts say it’s hard to verify claims of “self-cleaning” or “antiviral" surfaces that have popped up during the ...

The number of elevators in commercial and residential buildings has continued to increase, but the communication solutions available for them continue to disappoint… until now. Commend's Elevator ...

People are finding all kinds of ingenious ways to avoid touching things in public as the coronavirus continues to spread. Shops are asking people to order for pick-up, roving bots are delivering food, ...

An LSU Hospital employee who is both deaf and mute spent the night stuck in an elevator that also had a malfunctioning emergency call button.The man -- who had no food, water or toilet facility -- was ...