Cheer up, ladies, because Mitsubishi Electric is about to make your elevator ride substantially less awkward, but you better hold your skirts properly, because they may just fly like Marilyn Monroe. Yesterday, the company unveiled plans to construct what it hopes will become the world's fastest lifts, as part of a new project in China. The forthcoming set of elevators will be housed within the still-incomplete Shanghai Tower, where they'll travel between the basement and 119th floor at a speed of 59 feet per second — a rate that would narrowly eclipse the current Guinness world record, which sits at about 55 feet per second.
2DayBlog.com, Mitsubishi Electric to build world's fastest elevator, Guinness World Record eminent
