Bamboo instant houses will soon shelter Sichuan quake victims

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Bamboo house prototype on Hunan University campus. Credit: Yan Xiao USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Bamboo house prototype on Hunan University campus. Credit: Yan Xiao, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

A USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor on sabbatical in China has created a prototype of a sturdy, quick-to-build bamboo house designed to help the vast number of people made homeless by the May 12 Sichuan earthquake. A first batch of these houses is being sent to the devastated area, with more to come.


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