News; World news; Tsunami; Engineer designs tsunami-proof survival capsules that could save thousands of lives London-born Julian Sharpe came up with the idea after studying Aeronautical ...

The aluminum testing capsule sits battered and beaten in the company’s garage as proof of the paces Sharpe and his team put it ... Mukilteo’s tsunami survival capsules are selling in Japan.

Tsunami waves typically flow around 25 mph, so the capsule would have to withstand impacts from objects carried by the wave at that speed–but Survival Capsule’s tests have found that the ...

The two-person survival capsule starts at $13,500. A four-person model lists for $17,500. The company's initial sales have been to Japanese customers - eight capsule kits so far.

Survival Capsules LCC of Mukilteo, Washington has developed a steel and aluminum sphere designed to ride out a tsunami and protect against both fire and flood. Gizmag paid a visit to the company ...

Survival Capsules are super-tough disaster shelters designed to protect occupants during a tsunami, as well as to provide shelter in the aftermath of a disaster.

Phoenix Cabins, a Mysore-based company, has developed an 8,000-litre voluminous capsule that is crash-proof, water-proof, tsunami-proof, impact-proof, bullet-proof, and earthquake-resistant.

MUKILTEO, Wash. – Survival Capsule, a northwest company that was started to protect people from tsunamis, made its first sale. The two person capsule was aerospace engineer Julian Sharpe’s ...

A former Boeing engineer, who on an Oregon beach visualized a floating metal sphere that could protect its occupants during a tsunami, this week shipped three production models to Japan. A former ...

Sharpe and Bernard have found the most demand for the capsules is in tsunami aware Japan. Japan’s awareness heightened in the aftermath off the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which cost an ...

A new tsunami survival option has come to the Pacific Northwest coast. It involves climbing into a spherical aluminum pod for what is sure to be the ride of your life. The first U.S. buyer of this ...

The result is his Tsunami Survival Pod (TSP), and you can buy one of your own for AUS$8,500, or about US$8,900. ... crush-proof capsule designed to allow its users to ride out tsunamis. 3 / 3.