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What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It’s just a small thing. The escalators don’t run continuously. They start running as you approach them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We have those in Europe as well, not Hyper commin, but still

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

We have escalators that don't stop in Europe? I didn't even know those existed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

We even have those in Brazil. Not everywhere, I reckon most are older than those but I’ve seen them in some malls and airports at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've seen some in the US that run slowly until you get close. I guess they think that if it was stopped completely, people would assume it's non-operational.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

They can put a sign saying it'll run when there's a person. Eventually it'll be common knowledge. I'm just thinking re efficiency.