“The entire escalator shook and everyone got scared ... Then someone else that was up there clicked the emergency stop button ...

Emergency stop switches are devices that users manipulate to initiate the complete shutdown of a machine, system, or process. Unlike regular stop switches, emergency stop switches are not solely ...

For those emergencies, [Kristopher] created the Pie Stop, a physical button to enact a temporary ... When he isn’t around to fix the problems, this emergency stop can be pressed by anyone ...

Tokyo Metro officials explained the company’s safety measures to the minister, including where emergency stop buttons are located inside train cars and how to open platform screen doors manually.

Let’s be real, nobody needs a tiny motorized escalator for their desk ... There’s no fancy motor controller here — just flip the switch and you’ve got 30 RPMs worth of stair-steppin ...

Equipped with essential safety features, including emergency stop buttons and dress guards, 48 escalators will be placed at ...

Two broken escalators at Columbus Circle have been causing chaos, and commuters have had enough. The MTA estimates almost 48,000 people use the station each weekday. Since the start of the summer ...

The relationship escalator follows a common path: Two people meet, there’s physical attraction and after a few dates sex. They stop dating other people, and start saying “I love you.” ...

Saitama Prefecture in October enacted an ordinance to make it mandatory for citizens to “stop walking on escalators,” although offenders face no penalties. Operators of escalator-outfitted ...

50 Astonishing Facts You Never Knew About the 50 States How should it come to pass that a state could have exactly as many up and down escalators as it does senators? There is certainly no lack of ...

The relationship escalator, a term coined by Amy Gahran, is all about the societal expectations and steps that romantic relationships are often expected to follow. It's a metaphor that says that ...