jueves, 27 de octubre de 2011

Japan: a "giant" tennis ball anti-tsunamis

Flotation is a capsule that can accommodate four people in natural disaster. The company that makes it called "Noah" and already has hundreds of orders.

NOÉ. Shoji Tanaka, presidente de la empresa de ingeniería Cosmo, muestra el refugio. (AP)

That the Japanese are clever, no doubt. If it comes to technology, are world leaders in innovation and curiosities. This time, the capacity that was used to characterize something that innovate national concern: the tsunamis.

The engineering company Cosmo Power designed a flotation device that can accommodate four people in the event of a repeat in the island a natural disaster such as last March.

The capsule resembles a huge tennis ball 1.2 meters in diameter and made of reinforced fiberglass. The company president, Shoji Tanaka, told reporters that "Noah" (as called by the biblical passage) was successfully tested on numerous occasions.

The "ball" has a window to allow occupants to see outside and breathing holes. As explained from the company, while there is no need to use it as shelter, Noah can use children to play.

Cosmo has already sold two capsules and received at least about 600 orders since the end of the month. They did not report how much the device.

Via: clarin

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