Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives
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http://www.ted.com In the developing world, access to incubators is limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. TED Fellow Jane Chen shows an invention that could keep millions of these infants warm -- a design that's safe, portable, low-cost and life-saving.
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- -: Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives
January 28, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com In the developing world, access to incubators is limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. TED Fellow Jane Chen shows an invention that could keep millions of these infants warm -- a design that's safe, portable, low-cost and life-saving.
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