News tagged with stairwell
City-wide sensor system could make cities run more smoothly
(PhysOrg.com) -- By installing millions of sensors throughout a city and hooking them up to an urban operating system, the Portuguese-based company Living PlanIT envisions that, in the future, cities could ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Stairwell evacuation study finds 'what we know we don't know'
Most of the time, we use the stairs in buildings—especially in high-rise structures—only as a back-up for faster elevators and escalators, but during a fire or other emergency, stairs become our primary passage ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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NASA Heads up Mt. Everest
Steve "Ark" Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps - for the eighth time. He'll repeat this ritual thrice more, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2009 |
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