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by contingencies 1 day ago
For these people, replace the buttons entirely with a voice-activated destination request on proximity.
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Full circle back to elevator operators!
More like Star Trek turbolifts. Make them grab the handle first for that TOS feel.
Primarily this fixes the bug in the interface which is allowing the user to input data that does not match their declared destination. However, a second benefit is that you can then obtain per-user destination information, which is useful in capacity planning and currently lost in shared direction-only button pressing. Finally, you could usefully use non-floor specifications, ie. 'Ladies underwear', 'ACME Co.', etc.