Popular Science: Innovation of the Year - the HurriQuake

Cool Hunting always inspires with their imaginative posts on culture.  The Hurriquake is truly an inventive, inexpensive and inspired nail.  So much so, that it was awarded innovation of the year by Popular Science.  The bottom section is circled with angled barbs that resist pulling out in wind gusts up to 170 mph. The “ring shank” stops halfway up to leave the middle of the nail, which endures the most punishment during an earthquake, at its maximum thickness and strength. The blade-like facets of the nail’s twisted top—the spiral shank—keep planks from wobbling, which weakens a joint. And the HurriQuake’s head is 25 percent larger than average to better resist counter-sinking and pulling through. And - It costs only about $15 more to build a 2000 square foot house using HurriQuakes.  Huge idea accomplished in a small package.