Dan Darkow, director of the Miller Center for Student Disability Services, credited with advocating for universal design ...

Hitachi Ltd and Hitachi Building Systems Co Ltd have developed a touchless operating panel establishing an elevator without physical floor buttons that allows users to experience a completely new ...

Before the pandemic, there were many reasons to be anxious about taking an elevator — from being crammed in a small space with strangers, to getting stuck between floors. Now, as coronavirus cases ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture--Long before the COVID-19 crisis cast its shadow over the world, a leading manufacturer in this western Japan city began work on developing a touchless elevator that allows ...

Can we speak, for a moment, about the humble elevator button? I know, there could hardly be a more seemingly inconsequential design element, yet the elevator button has become the bane of my existence ...

Hospital elevators are home to more bacteria than toilet surfaces--making the high-traffic area a breeding ground for potentially dangerous infections. Canadian researchers at the University of ...

Newly manufactured call buttons themed on the Ukrainian flag and world peace are seen in this photo provided by Shimada Electric Manufacturing Co.'s office in the city of Hachioji, Tokyo. TOKYO -- A ...

Anyone who has ever repeatedly pushed the 'door close' button on an elevator and thought, 'It's like this thing doesn't actually work,' is about to feel vindicated — or very, very frustrated. This ...