Japanese Company Makes Tsunami Survival Capsules (Photos)
10.10.2011

A small Japanese company has developed a modern, miniature version of Noah’s Ark in case Japan is hit by another massive earthquake and tsunami: a floating capsule that looks like a huge tennis ball. The Japanese generator maker has developed a modern version of Noah’s Ark in case Japan is hit by another massive earthquake and tsunami. The company of just 10 employees completed the first Noah, that has 1.2 meters (4 feet) in diameter and can hold up to four adults inside, earlier this month and already has 500 orders. After the last earthquake and tsunami rocked the coast of Japan one enterprising company chose to jump into action and build a safety device for the next Tsunami. Named “Noah” after Noah’s Ark the contraption, built by a small Japanese firm, loos lie a giant tennis ball but in actuality it’s capable of holding up to four adults at one time and floats on the surface of the water, saving people from drowning. It might look like a giant tennis ball, but in the land of the rising sun this quirky contraption is being marketed as the answer to surviving an earthquake and tsunami. Dubbed Noah – after the ark which survived biblical floods – these floating spherical capsules are claimed to protect people from drowning and debris, should another disaster hit Japan.