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    Fold-up ‘house’ fits in your pocket, sets up instantly

    By Tecca | Today in Tech – Wed, Feb 1, 2012

    If Barcelona-based designer Martin Azua's design catches on, the camping tents of the future could fit in your pocket. His "Basic House" concept is a single-person pop-up shelter made from a metalized polyester fabric that sets itself up, but contains no rigid support structure.

    The Basic House inflates itself, using solar and body heat to keep its shape. It's also reversible, with one side of the fabric working to keep heat inside during the winter, or keep the warmth of the sun out in the summer. When set up, it resembles a large golden cube with a circular opening.

    Having been a part of exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art and Vitra Design Museum, the Basic House isn't available for purchase just yet, but could eventually be used to provide temporary housing for those displaced by natural disasters and other emergencies.

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    This article was written by Randy Nelson and originally appeared on Tecca

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    • Greg G
      Greg G  •  3 mths ago
      Can you imagine being in that thing in a wind storm?
      • Jerry
        Jerry 3 mths ago
        You get a free vacation travel....you just can't pick the destination!
      • dr know
        dr know 3 mths ago
        looks like the balloon used in the balloon boy hoax
    • Fish Bait
      Fish Bait  •  Searcy, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      I was told never put a bag over my head?
    • Xavier Mouser
      Xavier Mouser  •  3 mths ago
      Man I bet folding that thing back up to fit back into your pocket is a real pain in the...
    • Travis
      Travis  •  3 mths ago
      Will it hold up to a zombie attack
      • HB
        HB 3 mths ago
        Just turn it shiny side out and it will repell them. Zombies hate shiny things.
      • Mike
        Mike 3 mths ago
        Of course they are zombie prioof. Anyone that uses one obviously doesn't have a brain.
    • Thomas
      Thomas  •  3 mths ago
      One puff of wind and that thing turns into a tumbleweed
    • Rambo
      Rambo  •  Hale Center, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Might be all right for an emergency for yuppies. Definitely would not want to use it in a Texas dust storm, it would be like being on the inside of a hot air balloon, no telling where you would be when you woke up.
      • ArielleM
        ArielleM 3 mths ago
        in Oz, clearly.
      • Psychentist
        Psychentist 3 mths ago
        And so, since you are clearly not a "yuppie", that means you would refuse to use such a devise to shelter your family in the event your home was destroyed? You're a really smart guy.
      • Rambo
        Rambo 3 mths ago
        I am a bachelor, no family to worry about if my home was destroyed. Also, if my house was destroyed, I would live in my 5th wheel RV.
    • Jason
      Jason  •  3 mths ago
      Looks like a giant "Jiffy Pop".
    • Joel
      Joel  •  3 mths ago
      That's not a house. It's a tent.
    • seth
      seth  •  3 mths ago
      Next he needs to invent a camera man who will take two steps back so we can tell #$%$ we are looking at.
    • Turk E.
      Turk E.  •  3 mths ago
      Do not stay in the "house" on trash pickup day.
    • Phillip D
      Phillip D  •  3 mths ago
      Pop-up tents already exist for backpacking. They suck in storms.This doesn't even have a pop-up structure, so it would simply deflate in a rain storm. I'd be afraid of suffocating when it falls on top of me.
    • Ghost
      Ghost  •  3 mths ago
      Yeah they call it a "tent " !!
    • Proud American
      Proud American  •  3 mths ago
      Fart in one of these things and you'd die of ASSphyxiation brought on by ANUSthesia!
    • Work1ders
      Work1ders  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Nope! Not interested in anything that can be blown away!
    • TheReality
      TheReality  •  3 mths ago
      I am sure FEMA will soon be well stocked with these gems.
    • kibitzky
      kibitzky  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      does it also fold up instantly? that's what i wanted to see.
    • Georgia Peach
      Georgia Peach  •  3 mths ago
      They are really fun in a dust storm. Wheeeee!
    • Can do attitude!
      Can do attitude!  •  3 mths ago
      How about wall brackets for a 52-inch flat screen?
    • Ghost
      Ghost  •  3 mths ago
      That looks strangely like was the government said landed at Roswell !!
    • Casey L
      Casey L  •  Seattle, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      The balloon boy is flying away! Oh, he's in the attic.
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