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Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

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Post by navane »

imiric wrote: post #28
twelvechairs wrote: post #10

Incredible to see such a new device in a space where there has been little real invention in 100 years (since the elevator/lift). I'm interested in the building code implications of this. I assume you can't replace a staircase with this due to fire egress requirements, and at the top you have to have some sort of complex gate (notably not shown in the video) to prevent people from falling off.

I don't see it as a replacement for stairs, it's too impractical for general use. The only use case seems to be for what their demo video shows, people with limited mobility.

is this marketed to the same people that need an electric chair because otherwise they can't get up?

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#92

Post by MauranKilom »

ricardobeat wrote: post #85
qbasic_forever wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do the same thing with prusiks to ascend a rope. Here's an example of a practical application, getting out a crevasse when climbing glaciers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px_m3qzHYTA In an alpine scenario you'd descend by rappelling. I doubt folks in a home want to setup a munter hitch or similar though. :)

The overdubbing in this video is creepy, like these auto-generated voiceover videos. Why show peoples faces over completely different narration?

...because they didn't narrate in English?

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#93

Post by mlac »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #41

I can't watch the video since Vimeo is blocked in my country, so I searched YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whk2o98zlpc My questions (because the YouTube video doesn't show it): 1. What happens if the "chair" is at the opposite end? E.g. you're downstairs and want to go up but the "chair" is upstairs. 2. Is the step gap / velocity adjustable?

Fair points. For 1, I’d think this would be for use with one person so it would always be “with” them on the floor where they are. But It would be interesting to know if it would disengage to go down or up if needed (though you’d likely need help).

I know the video said she could go up but down down steps, but I’d think she’d need to go up and down on the device.

Fun side story - I once rode a stair chair in my sisters house half way, got bored, got off and walked the rest of the way up the steps to her basement. The stair chair only charged when at either end station (the designers hadn’t planned for it to stop in the middle I guess), so the battery died. It was hundreds of dollars to fix (either new battery or repair tech) and didn’t have a neutral, so it stayed half way up the steps until they got around to taking it out.

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#94

Post by chessmango »

autarch wrote: post #39
teraflop wrote: post #5

In case anyone else was irritated by the inability to scrub through the auto-playing video, adding this CSS rule in your browser's dev tools should fix it: .vp-progress { display: block !important; }

It's also on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYqHWDt5wRk

Another also: right and left keys worked pretty well

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#95

Post by argsnd »

wyager wrote: post #32
teraflop wrote: post #5

In case anyone else was irritated by the inability to scrub through the auto-playing video, adding this CSS rule in your browser's dev tools should fix it: .vp-progress { display: block !important; }

One actually useful function of the macbook touch bar is that it gives you an always-on scrubber.

Seriously! I didn't realise how much I used this feature because I've found myself missing it on my 2021 MBP multiple times :(

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#96

Post by lifeformed »

codetrotter wrote: post #87
lifeformed wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's infuriating, I can't rewatch a part I missed or skip ahead? And there's no volume control? I can't believe designers still are removing critical functionality to make it "cleaner".

You can double tap the left side of the video to skip back 10 seconds at a time, and double tap the right side to skip forward

I can't, it doesn't work on desktop.

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#97

Post by adenozine »

Horrible landing page, poorly sized and video controls are bad.

Doesn't pass the BLUF test. If I can't figure the product out in five seconds, I'm leaving.

Shame.

I looked it up on YouTube, it's an interesting concept. I feel that direct vertical is probably more of a pain to renovate and maintain than a staircase in traditional housing. Curious to see what happens.

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

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Post by erinaceousjones »

adenozine wrote: post #97

Horrible landing page, poorly sized and video controls are bad. Doesn't pass the BLUF test. If I can't figure the product out in five seconds, I'm leaving. Shame. I looked it up on YouTube, it's an interesting concept. I feel that direct vertical is probably more of a pain to renovate and maintain than a staircase in traditional housing. Curious to see what happens.

What's the Breeches and Leather Uniform Fanclub got to do with it? :-)

Five seconds is rather impatient, and this notion that everything has to be a "product" which we immediately must know everything about makes me distinctly uncomfortable. Like, we're absolutely rushing through life. The video itself is maybe a couple of minutes long at most and does explain how it works, who it's for, and some of the backstory behind it.

Re: Vertiwalk Vertical Walking

#100

Post by sandworm101 »

goldenkey wrote: post #72
fingerlocks wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is how it’s taught in intro mountaineering courses. In the real world experienced alpinists carry a lightweight ascender, like a Micro Traction or similar, that can also be used for other tasks like hauling or fall protection for simul-leading.

Is that essentially a one way rachet? All you need to climb easily is prevention of regress and maybe some mechanical advantage, right?

It is a bit more complex. Climbing means falling. The 'ratchet' needs to work under shock loads. And wet/ice ropes radically change the friction numbers. There is a reason why climbers, experienced ones, know and use a great many different tricks for accending and decending ropes. A "big wall" climber can make a belay device out of almost anything, or even nothing.
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