Sci-Tech: KONE UltraRope makes sky-scraping skyscrapers feasible

KONE Elevators of Finland has developed a super-strong, lightweight carbon fiber based cables that allow for much higher skyscrapers and are the first step towards fibers capable of space elevators: Lifts and skyscrapers: The other mile-high club: A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward – The Economist.

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