Comments on: Modern Hotel is a Huge Machine http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/15/modern-hotel-is-a-huge-machine/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeffk http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/15/modern-hotel-is-a-huge-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1055028 Jeffk Sat, 17 May 2008 05:28:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4469#comment-1055028 That style of elevator dispatcher was mentioned in a recent New Yorker article ( <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_paumgarten" rel="nofollow"><i>Up and Then Down</i> - April 21, 2008. )</a> The latest tall-building elevator designs have every passenger enter a desired floor at a central entrance. The system efficiently batches the trips and tells each person which elevator to board. A modern elevator designer describes it as reinstating the intelligent routing that human dispatchers provided in days of yore. That style of elevator dispatcher was mentioned in a recent New Yorker article ( Up and Then Down – April 21, 2008. )

The latest tall-building elevator designs have every passenger enter a desired floor at a central entrance. The system efficiently batches the trips and tells each person which elevator to board.

A modern elevator designer describes it as reinstating the intelligent routing that human dispatchers provided in days of yore.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/15/modern-hotel-is-a-huge-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1055024 Rick Auricchio Sat, 17 May 2008 02:44:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4469#comment-1055024 This would actually be neat to tour. I've only toured the kitchen on a cruise ship, though I suppose they have similar facilities for guest services. This would actually be neat to tour.

I’ve only toured the kitchen on a cruise ship, though I suppose they have similar facilities for guest services.

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