In Star Trek, turbolifts are futuristic transport tubes that whisk in all three dimensions between decks on a starship. Comparatively, Hitachi’s latest elevator isn’t quite as functional–it ...

A new artificial gravity concept could help astronauts endure long-duration missions in the near-weightless environment of space. NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) ...

He came up with the idea that you get in the turbolift and it rotates into the tube and then drops,. It was a brilliant way of making that work aesthetically on the interior and the exterior. And ...

There is an entire department devoted to turbolift control aboard the Enterprise-D. In the entire run of the show, there were maybe two issues with the tubolifts, which can mean one of two things ...

When I think of stairlifts, I instantly think of the movie Gremlins. In one rather hilarious scene, a Gremlin damages a stairlift, causing its to malfunction, which ends up launching the evil Mrs ...

Personal History by Michael Chabon: I love Mr. Spock because he reminds me of you, I told my father. For the first time that night, I considered the possibility that he was going to survive it.

The turbolift stops and they’re stuck there for two hours, playing a makeshift ball toss game. Three hours after that, they are playing a guessing game.

Called MULTI, the turbolift-style transporter uses a network of magnet systems that suspend elevators in the air, mirroring the technology that allows bullet trains to hover.