Eagle Quest Properties

This seems like an excellent solution to all the discarded shipping containers and used tires.  It even has an added bonus of using solar power for 40% of its power needs.  Very innovative.

Although it doesn’t have any big guns or transform into a tank, if you mistook this cherry-red maritime shipping crate in Montreal’s Old Port for a futuristic robot you wouldn’t be far off.

Powered by two rooftop solar panels, in only 90 seconds every morning this slickly decorated steel box unfolds its walls and two shady awnings to create a 28-seat terrace. Then it’s up and running: a largely self-sustaining, portable gourmet seafood restaurant.

It’s called Müvbox, and since launching in early June it’s rocketed around the globe via design blogs and websites. The response has bowled over its creator, Daniel Noiseux, founder of Montreal’s Pizzaiolle restaurant chain.

“I’m trying hard to keep my head,” he says. “Venture capitalists from Geneva called three times this week, and we’ve had interest from Greece, Asia, and one e-mail from Russia simply said, ‘I want 100 units, how much?’”

via Building in a box – The Globe and Mail.