The disaster in Japan has got us all thinking about what we can do to help. Designers have long been trying to figure out a way to create disaster relief housing that can be assembled very quickly in the wake of a problem. These innovations have finally become available to civilians after being used by the military for some time.

The 20×20 inflatable dome can be inflated extremely fast, the much larger scale model by Damas International is massive and can be inflated in three hours.

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