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Star Trek-style home elevator could replace stairlifts
Reuters ^ | Matthew Stock

Posted on 08/04/2015 10:15:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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The cat is sleeping on the ground floor, then suddenly the lift comes out of the ceiling and squishes her.

somebody moves a chair into the corner of the room, then suddenly the floor lifts up and topples the chair.

This may work in Europe, but in litigation-happy America, there are too many pinch points and potential pitfalls.

21 posted on 08/04/2015 11:19:53 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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22 posted on 08/04/2015 11:29:30 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Just what every senior citizen needs in their home: their own agony booth!


23 posted on 08/04/2015 11:34:51 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: KC_Conspirator

“Will it make that “pssshhhh” sounds like the doors in the series/movies? Because thats what I really want to hear.”

If they dont, you can hire me to stand there beside it and make that sound everytime you enter and exit it.

I expect 15 dollars an hour for that.


24 posted on 08/04/2015 11:41:54 AM PDT by lowbridge
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lol


25 posted on 08/04/2015 12:34:15 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: BenLurkin

One of the simplest ideas for this was for the opposite reason: small children going upstairs and downstairs all day.

So the father put an electric motor in the basement, to run a vertical conveyor belt with horizontal steps at intervals. So the kids could ride up on one side, and down on the other.

Not much in the way of safety features, but the kids liked it a lot.


26 posted on 08/04/2015 1:12:01 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I know a number of folks who need to have one from the Eminiar corporation.


27 posted on 08/04/2015 1:55:34 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: moovova

No, no, have the beer beamed to you, or better yet replicate it.


28 posted on 08/04/2015 2:02:01 PM PDT by rikkir (You can lead a horde to knowledge but you can't make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
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To: KC_Conspirator

Here ya go....

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e9b8/


29 posted on 08/04/2015 3:40:50 PM PDT by dhs12345
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