http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-9983-zhejiang-businessman-yang-zongfu-spends-rmb1-5m-to-build-noah-s-ark.html (WhatsGoingOnNingbo.com) Zhejiang businessman Yang Zongfu spends RMB1.5m to build 'Noah's Ark' Updated: 13 Aug 2012 Share this news?...Click box Bookmark and Share Read more on China's Noah's Ark Yang Zongfu A Chinese man spent two years creating what has been dubbed China’s “Noah’s Ark” – a tough, yellow bubble meant to protect riders from radiation, fire, and high temperatures. According to China Daily, Yang Zongfu took his futuristic creation for a little test spin this week, rolling the ball over 50 yards down a hill in Zhejiang province, the New York Daily News reported. Physics professor Liao Qinghua, who spoke with the publication, said that this new survival ball is feasible and could be created in accordance with theories from physics. One man from Shanxi province in the country’s north is said to have booked 15 of Zongfu’s pods. The entrepreneur told the Shanghai Daily that he invented the ball after reading that a series of disasters would strike China in 2008. He spent 236,100 dollars (RMB1.5 million) to build the “Ark,” and it is over 4 yards in diameter, has 300 springs, 75 airbags, and can house a family of three for two weeks. After his downhill test drive, Zongfu was fine, except for a small cut on his chin that resulted from improper use of his helmet. SOURCE: truthdive.com ------------- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15691859.htm Inventors need investors to keep the wheels turning Updated: 2012-08-21 09:38 By Hu Yongqi (China Daily) Imagination and creativity can only go so far, reports Hu Yongqi in Beijing. In the movie 2012, mankind is threatened with annihilation by a deluge, the likes of which has never been seen. Those who survive escape the flood in a gigantic ark. Yang Zongfu, an inventor, emerges from his ark after rolling down a hill into a pool in the test in Yiwu, Zhejiang province early this month. Dong Qi / for China Daily The idea of this ark grabbed the popular imagination, particularly given the many floods China has experienced in recent years. Where would you find such a vessel? In Yiwu, Zhejiang province, inventor Yang Zongfu provides if not the gargantuan ark of the movie, at least a diminutive alternative. Yang invented and is producing a spherical ark 4 meters in diameter that weighs 6 metric tons. It has seats you can strap yourself into, windows and a ventilation system. It's designed to withstand collisions, radiation and high temperatures. Three people could survive for up to a year on the pilot biscuits, water and oxygen it carries. Yang, 32, was confident in his design after its field test in which he tumbled down a hill inside the ark and into a pool. "It proved to be a success because it didn't shake at all inside. It's safe, very safe," he said. The ark is just one of Yang's creations in the past six years. He has 300 inventions to his credit and holds 36 patents, which bring his business annual revenue of 100 million yuan ($15.9 million). --------------------- http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-9928-zhejiang-businessman-yang-zongfu-spends-rmb1-5m-in-building-noah-s-ark.html Zhejiang businessman Yang Zongfu spends RMB1.5m in building Noah's Ark Updated: 09 Aug 2012 Share this news?...Click box Bookmark and Share Read more on Noah's Ark of China Yang Zongfu Chinese man spends 2 years in building ball container All the gear and no idea? Businessman Yang Zongfu certainly looked the part as he prepared to test his 'disaster-proof' pod Madness or genius? Yang Zongfu spent £150,000 creating his 'Noah's Ark' survival pod It's big, it's round, it bounces on the ground - and according to its inventor, this giant gobstopper could save you from a nuclear meltdown. Chinese businessman Yang Zongfu spent two years and £150,000 (1.5 million RMB) making his own emergency disaster survival pod, or ‘Noah's Ark’, in case of extreme weather or natural disaster. Hundreds of curious onlookers gathered as Yang climbed inside the 4-metre diameter ball and put it through an obstacle course designed as an 'impact test'. Spectators: Locals from Yiwu in Zhejiang province couldn't help but stare as the pod began its impact test Battered: The pricey pod looked rather dented after rolling down a slope, through a stone wall and into water The challenge? Roll down a 50m hill, over a stone wall and into a pool. Alas, it seems the disaster dodger had failed to prepare for a water-based apocalypse, as the pod's door opened when it hit the shallow lake, leaving it battered and far from water-tight. Yang had boasted that the ball could sustain temperatures of up to 1700C (3092 F) and impact forces of 350 tons, so a fire test was naturally in order. To show the device's protection against heat, he set a smaller pod on fire, then happily revealed a fully-preserved iced lolly which had survived inside. Under fire: A replica model of the device goes through the heat resistance test According to Yang, 'the reserve and life-sustaining system' inside the yellow sphere 'could ensure a family of three live safely inside for 10 months'. And if the modern ark took a bit of a beating, there may be hope yet: After rolling down the hill inside it, Yang emerged unscathed except for a cut on his chin. ---------------------- http://austriantimes.at/image/31748/news/Around_the_World/2012-08-10/43456/Noah_Chance Noah Chance Ark at this. Inventor Yang Zongfu is so convinced that the apocalypse is coming he's designed a new survival pod for the modern-day Noah. Yang - who put his creation on show in Yiwu, in Zhejiang province, in eastern China - says he was inspired by a series of natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis that have rocked the world in recent years. "Our planet is getting more dangerous and we all need our own emergency escape vehicle to keep us alive," he explained. Yang's spherical pods - named the Atlantis - weigh six tons and can carry enough oxygen, water and food on board to keep three people alive for up to 10 months. They can remain fully underwater for nearly a month and the walls are layered with asbestos and silver, so it can resist radioactive fall out after a nuclear attack. Optional extras include a steering mechanism and a shower. "There is nothing it cannot withstand," explained Yang. To prove his point the inventor had himself thrown off a cliff inside one of the pods and then ordered assistants to set fire to it. Yang has already sold 15 of the 150,000 GBP a time rescue pods to a coal mining company and is now offering them to China's multi-millionaire businessmen. "There is no point in being wealthy if you can't live to enjoy it," he explained.