Digital Trends:
"Japanese researchers have developed an airbag-like system that keeps your home afloat during natural disasters to help reduce impact.
As the one year anniversary of the earthquake that struck Japan on March 11 approaches, more technological advances have come through to prepare the country for possible future natural disasters. Of those interesting inventions is the home levitation system, strong enough to lift your home off the shaking grounds to keep the structure as unaffected as possible."
that's pretty interesting. I mean who on earth can think of something like that except japanese ?