“This method cannot be recommended for other people,” Kawase said with a bitter smile. There were no stairs available beside the escalator. While posters saying, “Do not walk, stand still ...

People could notice a subtle warning sign that they have a lifelong condition every time they step on a set of stairs or an escalator. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), also known more ...

Plus, a broken elevator is useless, while a broken escalator is — for most failures — just stairs. The story of the escalator begins in the mid-19th century. In 1859, Nathan Ames, a patent ...