Tom, I thought of you instantly when I saw this.
Interconnectable, fairly cheap, and easy to assemble. Similar concepts have been around for a while, but this looks to improve on existing cheap, fast, alternative housing offerings.
The article does touch on things like high-resistance to earthquakes, etc. Given the lightweight, solid construction, I imagine this is quite true and could be a heck of a selling point for at least this “type” of housing in highly volatile areas as either temporary or semi-permanent housing.
DVICE is running the full article.
Tom
August 20th, 2008
I am researching as I type this…