# Touchless Elevator Buttons STUCK Design's Kinetic Touchless Uses Motion to Indicate a Response By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2021-01-25 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elevator-button References: [designtaxi](https://designtaxi.com/news/412964/This-Touchless-Button-Could-Be-A-Gamechanger-For-COVID-Proof-Everyday-Design/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+designtaxi_news+%28TAXI+Daily+News%29) & [stuck.sg](https://www.stuck.sg/portfolio/kinetic-touchless-001/?utm_source=DesignTAXI&utm_medium=DesignTAXI&utm_term=DesignTAXI&utm_content=DesignTAXI&utm_campaign=DesignTAXI) In common spaces, there are a handful of high-touch surfaces, including [elevator buttons](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/evw-1), and STUCK Design is introducing a vision for a contactless future with Kinetic Touchless. The touchless elevator button design does not rely on physical connection between a finger and a button, as it uses motion to indicate the desired response. Since people are hard-wired to want to press buttons, this design satisfies the desire to perform a familiar response in a new, safe way. With Kinetic Touchless, people can hover over selections (such as floor numbers) and make a pushing motion to input their desired destination. In this way, STUCK Design explains that "Kinetic Touchless capitalizes on the flexibility of [contactless interactions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chicago-faucet-company) while maintaining the tactility of contact interactions." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.0/10 - Popularity: 71% | Activity: 69% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Touchless Buttons:** Creating touchless buttons that use motion to indicate the desired response presents an opportunity to reduce contact in public spaces. - **Contactless Interactions:** Providing contactless interactions with the benefits of touch actions can create a new, safe way to use everyday devices. - **Gesture Recognition:** Building devices that use gesture recognition can improve safety and reduce contact in public spaces and create new interfaces with a variety of devices. ### Who This Affects Most - **Elevators and Escalators:** Implementing touchless elevator buttons is a transformative innovation opportunity for the elevator and escalator industry to reduce human contact in a space where it is necessary to have it. - **Public Space Design:** Touchless interfaces and gesture recognition technologies can be incorporated into public spaces to reduce contact, improve safety, and create new interactive experiences - **Input Devices:** The introduction of touchless buttons creates new opportunities to incorporate gesture recognition into input devices like touchscreens, trackpads and mice. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Touch-Free Screen Technologies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/touchnetix.md) - [Tactile Smart Home Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/from-design-concept.md) - [Pressure-Sensitive Mouse Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/just-another-mouse.md) - [Touchless Interaction Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/phantomy-software.md) - [Touch-Enhanced Glass Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bolita.md) - [Gesture-Controlled Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spatial-touch.md) - [Minimalist Sound-Free Doorbells](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/silent-doorbell.md) - [Gesture Control Smart Desks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/autonomous-smartdesk-levitate.md) - [Hands-Free Door Handle Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/safe-lever-door-opener.md)