Name: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief
Uploaded: 2012-05-19T14:01:48Z
Duration: 7 min 33 s
Description: Michael McDaniel designed housing for disaster relief zones -- inexpensive, easy to transport, even beautiful – but found that no one was willing to build it. Persistent and obsessed, he decided to go it alone. At TEDxAustin, McDaniel show us his Exo Reaction Housing Solution, and asks us to prepare for the next natural disaster.

Michael McDaniel designed housing for disaster relief zones -- inexpensive, easy to transport, even beautiful – but found that no one was willing to build it. Persistent and obsessed, he decided to go it alone. At TEDxAustin, McDaniel show us his Exo Reaction Housing Solution, and asks us to prepare for the next natural disaster.

Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief

Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief

31.5M people displaced by natural disasters yearly, yet FEMA trailers take 45-60 days to arrive, highlighting a housing gap.

Fueled by outrage, the inventor bypassed government and corporate hurdles to prototype Exo Units, aiming to revolutionize disaster relief.

Modular 'Exo Housing Units' designed for rapid, efficient disaster response fit 15 to a truck, redefining emergency shelter.