The concept was a finalist and led to a new company called Survival Capsule. “It’s a system that allows you to evacuate immediately,” said Sharpe. “…to ride the tsunami out.” ...

While the inspiration for the product was tsunami survival, Sharpe said his ... sales have been to Japanese customers - eight capsule kits so far. Sharpe anticipates local governments in Japan ...

MANZANITA, Ore. — The Ocean Inn hotel in Manzanita has started providing tsunami "Go Bags" survival kits for its guests who may suddenly have to evacuate. In a Facebook post by the Emergency ...

Six years later, on the other side of the world, an aerospace engineer named Julian Sharpe imagined a new solution: riding the tsunami. His idea was the Survival Capsule — a floatable and nearly ...

how do you escape? We go inside the Survival Capsule that could help you outlast a tsunami. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and producer covering all things space, futurism, science and ...

The Survival Capsules are designed as a last-resort measure, to be placed in schools, public buildings and private dwellingswhere occupants may be at most risk of not being able to escape a ...

Althea Rizzo of Oregon Emergency Management said the meetings "will allow people to learn how to write their own survival story" in the event that a tsunami ... an emergency kit, create an ...