Rajan Harinarain, a South African entrepreneur and inventor has come up with a temporary foldaway house for use in emergency situations complete with electrical wiring and fittings, doors and windows that can be erected by a small team in 5 minutes.
The patented structure weighs less than a ton, collapses to under a foot in height and can be modified with insulation/ventilation for hotter or cooler environments.
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[...] Nicht mit einem Bayerischen Politiker verwechseln. Das Falthaus ist eine Idee aus Südafrika: Nach Katastrophen und anderen Ereignissen, bei denen schnell eine grosse Anzahl an Notbehausung nötig wird, kann in aller Schnelle eine ganze Kleinstadt aus dem Boden gestampft werden. [...]
Hey, this is great! Do the articles reveal how much this actually costs?
No, unfortunately not.
- Steve
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[...] When we think of technology, we usually think of something very high-tech, with buzzwords like "Web2.0" or "AJAX" or such. But amongst many unreached peoples, "high-tech" often means what we call "low-tech." Low-tech can be harder to engineer than high-tech. I’ve been specifically looking for low-tech stuff for the Tech column of the upcoming Momentum issue on West Africa. I’ve found the Afrigadget blog to be inspiring and useful for this column. One example is this blog entry about The foldaway house. [...]
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13 December 2006 - 9:36 am - :
The foldaway house.