Physical Devices
- Elevator or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods
- Rack lift, a type of elevator
- Ski lift, an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport
- Space elevator, a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into space
- Wheelchair lift (also called a "platform lift"), a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair in passing a vertical barrier
- Sling lift (also called a "Hoyer Lift", mobile lift, ceiling lift, or patient lift), a manual or powered lift or hoist to assist a caregiver in transferring a disabled patient from a bed to a wheelchair, gurney, toilet, or chair
- Elevator shoe, an insole device that makes a person appear taller
- Forklift, a trucking device
- Automobile modification to increase the ride height:
- Body lift, an adaptation (of fixed height) to lift the automobile body from the frame
- Suspension lift, a modification raising the suspension of the automobile
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