Designed by Californian architect Gregg Fleishman, the DH1 comes in flatpack form and you don't even need nails to put it together. Slot the parts, made of European birch plywood, together and—voil ! instant dwelling.

The DH1's structural floor cleverly sits 30 inches off the ground (anyone rich who is still recovering from this year's Glastonbury trauma, put the DH1 on next year's shopping list), so no unsightly seepage from underneath.

There are several drawbacks, though—first, the price of $22,000 would be beyond the reach of most disaster victims. If biblical rains follow the disaster, then you're going to get wet, unless you have a canvas or plastic sheet—and a big one—to hand. Third—and don't bad things always come in threes?—a high wind may mean you wake up to find you're not in Kansas any more, Dorothy, unless you were smart and moored your DH1 four ways to a concrete block.

DH1 Disaster House, from stack of plywood to dwelling in no time flat [Sci Fi Tech]

No need to get yourself a honking new set of headphones for surround sound listening, just check out the new JVC SU-DH1 surround sound headphone adapter, which uses Dolby Headphone technology to give you 5.1-channel surround sound through any two-channel headphones. Weighing only 3.5 oz, it uses 2 AA batteries and can connect to a laptop, portable DVD player, handheld video game system or any other portable product you may have with you. And the Dolby technology gives you virtual surround from anything encoded with Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS-ES and MPEG-2 AAC—even Dolby Pro Logic II. With three different modes, you can replicate a smaller room, a larger, more typical listening area or a theatre or concert hall type environment. Good show. Comes with an analog input cord and an optical digital mini jack for use with an optional connecting cord. Out in March for $130.