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Life Box is designed for help people who are victim of nature disaster, such as flood, tsunami and earthquake. It is an air-droppable, foldable box housing with releif goods, such as water, food and so on. When natural disaster happen, relief providers sometimes could not reach to some disaster zone. For example, it could be landslide and stop the road after earthquake, therefore Life Box could be sent to the zone before the relief providers arrive and help the victims. 

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The author of this article is Adriana Petryna, who is a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focus has been on nuclear science and medicine, and it's cultural and political ramifications.