German engineer, elevators that go in all directions: Check.  <br>Next step: Teleportation, other engineers: impossible ... German engineer: I'm here, now here, now over here ....,(reply>), technically these are only 2-dimensional, but there are some warehouse systems that are able to move stuff 3-dimensional. It will be some time before we get systems like that for humans,(reply>), Thyssen Nerds: Lets recreate the Turbolift from Star Trek.