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The elevator industry was transformed in 1852 when Elisha Otis —demonstrateddemonstratingdemonstratesdemonstration a safety brake that prevented cars from plummeting if their hoisting cable snapped. This innovation gave the public sufficient —confidenceconfidentconfidentlyconfide to ride in tall buildings, paving the way for the skyscraper boom that —followedfollowingfollowsfollow soon after. Today's lifts rely on computerised systems that —predictpredictingpredictedprediction traffic patterns, dispatching cars efficiently during peak hours.