Tsunami project exhibit
Rui Borges, house manager at Simmons Hall, checks out a panel from 'Sri Lanka: A Year After Tsunami,' an exhibition on the Tsunami Safe(r) Design, a project to build tsunami-resistant houses. The exhibition at Simmons Hall will be up through Friday, March 10. Viewing hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the project, visit web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/saferhouse.html. Photo / Donna Coveney A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on March 8, 2006 (download PDF). |
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