The mini-Noah's Ark

The tsunami has According to official figures from the 23rd May 2011 15,000 people dead. Around 9,000 other people missing. Many died because did not have enough time to get from the floods in protection. Many elderly people and children often lack the strength to run for a warning on a hill. The Small Business Industry Ise from Aichi prefecture is now waiting with a creative idea on this problem: One capsule defying the waves, which can be placed in house.

Norio Yamamoto, the 68-year-old president of the 10-member company, has given her the biblical name Noah Ise. Built of steel, watertight capsule to survive the harder surcharges notwithstanding. The capacity of up to 6 people, thanks to Noah's Ark floats on the surface of their cavity.

Tested in the company's pool

Yamamoto is convinced of his invention. “Even if there is one at a premium to hit the wall and can lead to pain, this one has confidence in the capsule that you survive,” declared the President of the Asahi Shimbun. Ise Industry plans to further bolster the interior of the capsule, to avoid injury during upwellings. Noah's Ark was extensively tested in an in-house pool was.

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