Gallery: High-Tech Emergency Shelter Looks Straight Out of Star Wars

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    Reaction Housing's Exo is an emergency shelter pod that's going into production this fall.
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    Its design is based on a coffee cup.
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    It's probably the most high-tech temporary shelter out there. Here you see the door being unlocked with NFC.
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    A LED strip tells you your pod number.
  • The Exo's first customer is Hyatt who will be using the pod for housing at events like music festivals. The goal is to...
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    exo-urban

    The Exo's first customer is Hyatt, who will be using the pod for housing at events like music festivals. The goal is to use commercial partners to scale up so the shelters become more affordable for NGOs.
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