High Technology Gives a Lift To the Elevator of the Future; At D.C. Building, Things Are Looking Up With Keypad System From: The Washington Post | Date: July 22, 1995| Author: Maryann Haggerty | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

You know how an elevator works: Push the "up" button.

It's about to get more complicated.

At the new American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) headquarters under construction in downtown Washington, workers are installing a piece of the future: an elevator system with the high-tech name Miconic 10. It's the first time this system has been installed on the East Coast.

Its makers promise that it will be so much more efficient than regular old elevators that ...

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