Imperial designers already at work

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

So an old thread popped up that got me looking at self-supporting glass staircases, which are freaky enough on their own. Then I found these:

floating stairs by Faraone

floating stairs go to image 7 of 16

Polymer Technic riserless stairs

That’s right - no risers, no handrails or safety rails of any kind. Just steps sticking out from the wall.

One step closer to The Death Star.

(Now we know why it’s called that - that’s the nickname the construction crew came up with once they saw the design - all those bridges and walkways are a death trap.)

2

The next step will be designing them with some motion sensor so they can be receded into the wall and only slide out as you walk up or down them.

3

Ooh, imagine if it’s so reliable and fast that you can just step out into empty air, but by the time you put your foot down, there’s a step.

It’d be scary, but I’d force myself to get used to it because awesome.

4

The first link talks about the banister being unobtrusive, but it doesn’t appear in the pictures at all. Maybe they just haven’t installed it yet?

5

You would have to install those with the railing in order for it to pass code and then remove the railing after your inspection is complete.

6

I checked the Faraone website, and all installations show either a variety of metal framework banisters, or else glass panels with a metal handrail. So apparently those images are just focusing on the panels themselves, and not showing the requisite safety materials.

7

As a disabled person, I can assure that there are plenty of fixtures and structures that pass code, and are still a menace.

8

That’s just how unobtrusive they are!