Finnish elevator company Kone have invented an ultra strong carbon fibre rope that could replace the steel cables currently used, allowing the possibility for buildings to tower up to a kilometer higher than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai 2,716 feet (828m). Photograph: Kone/Splash/Corbis

The possibilities (and limits) of lifts are the reason our cities are shaped the way they are – and now the UltraRope elevator cables promise to transform that yet again....Continue Reading

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