Forty-five floors. Eighteen steps per floor. Run up, run down. Repeat the circuit 10 times. The urban stair race at Carew Tower in Cincinnati has an upward climb of one mile — and racers are given ...

Even as our cities get more crowded and its buildings get taller, it seems that we have yet to find a more energy efficient way to navigate this high-rise environment. Right now, our options are ...

Humans are said to have evolved from an ancestor that once swung through the trees to get about, free to move through the environment in almost any direction. But today, in our modern high-rise ...

Vycle Replaces Lifts and Stairs With a Vertical Bike It's basically a lift for one person that only requires leg power to operate. If you don't love it your fitness band certainly will! By Matthew ...

Nobody likes taking the stairs, and lifts take up a lot of room, are expensive and aren’t exactly a healthy option to move up and down tall buildings. So Elena Larriba, a graduate design student at ...