cities be without elevators a lot closer to the ground that's for sure but that's not an option for the mega-cities of the future which won't build outs but up german firm to syncrude hopes to be at the forefront of the latest developments by completely rethinking the humble left among its developments a mag lev elevator that can go higher than any of its traditional counterparts and moves sideways as well sounds pretty cool doesn't it take a look. the way skyscrapers a bill to set to change dramatically to get a sneak preview i went to a new elevator testing tower in southern germany. about two hundred forty six meters it's the tallest in the world. the tao is great news for engineer marcos yet or he can now finally test his state of the art maglev elevators. the idea of developing a cable less elevator has been around for a. century but we are now taking this step and breaking new ground where that other