Aug 22, 2009

Save millions of premature newborns for $25

The solution: a $25 "incubator" with materials that can be heated up in a pot of boiling water... this video about the "Embrace," an extremely low-cost incubator for premature newborns.

The challenge: design better technology to help keep premature newborns alive.

The reality: the most at-risk newborns are in rural areas, far away from hospitals where $25,000 incubators are housed.

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