A Shelter That Can Be Assembled Within 25 Minutes With No Tools Required

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With the advent of calamities, enhancing the efficiency of providing support has been a priority. No wonder there is much attention and interest to the ‘new emergency shelter design’  developed by a Massachusetts company known as Visible Good.

This shelter is dubbed as “Rapid Deployment Module” (RDM). It is portable, reusable, and can be set up in just a matter of minutes without requiring any tools. RDM is delivered as a self-contained unit, meaning, the shipping crate itself is used as the shelter’s base. It possesses raised floors, hard walls and a vented fabric roof. Both the windows and doors of the shelter can be locked and the shelter itself is estimated to last a decade.

RDM has an interior size of 130 square-foot. The space is enough to have some bunk beds, desks and other equipment necessary for survival. RDM has already gained some recognition such as from the BP and the U.S Army.

Aside from being able to dispose 26 units to BP for the ongoing clean-up operation of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, Visible Good has been awarded with a research and development grant by the U.S. Army so the company can develop RDMs that can withstand challenging weather conditions.  via [Gizmag]