Startup company reveals prototype of tsunami survival pod

LifePods unveiled the W‑01 "floating fortress" prototype in Paris — a last‑resort capsule for tsunamis/floods that fits up to four adults and four children, uses passive buoyancy, and includes harnesses, a distress signal and optional GPS.
It's still untested in real conditions (harbor and sea trials planned) — an AI demo was shown — and LifePods aims to sell it next year for about $45,000, primarily to governments and civil‑protection agencies.
There’s cheaper competition (Seattle's Survival Capsule sells a spherical pod for about $13,500), and LifePods is also designing land‑based pods for earthquakes, collapses and armed attacks.