Wave of Inventions

In answer to the destruction, misery, and loss of life caused by last year's tsunami, Japanese inventors are coming up with novel ways to survive, including Noah, a pod designed to allow four people to ride out a giant wave: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44854100/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/noah-may-mean-difference-between-life-death/#.T14LqiOLAmw