Hmm, haven't been in one of these yet. I could see being 'unlucky', and waiting for what would feel like forever for my elevator to arrive. When you don't have control, or the illusion of control, patience ebbs quickly. Ever waited for a bus?
Smart Elevators If you look at the elevators in the newly renovated lobby of the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square, you’ll notice something unusual. Instead of a button to call the elevator, there’s a keypad. Punch in the number of the floor you want, and the computer will direct you to a particular elevator. There, you will find a group of people headed to your floor and those close to it. When the elevator arrives, it whisks you and the group directly to your floors.You’ve just taken a ride on the Schindler Elevator Corporation’s Miconic 10, one of a new generation of “smart elevators.” The system is based on a simple fact: when an elevator contains a group of people going to many different floors, each person’s ride becomes longer than if traveling alone. By sorting people into groups headed to nearby floors, each person’s journey becomes — on average — 50 percent faster.
Though it might also be 50 percent more annoying...
Tags: architecture, /Technology
