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From the Ted Talk by Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives

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iirnsped by this story, and doezns of other siaimlr seotirs like this, my team and I realized what was needed was a local solution, something that could work without electricity, that was simple enough for a mother or a midwife to use, given that the majority of brhtis still take place in the home. We needed something that was portable, something that could be sterilized and reesud across multiple babies and something ultra-low-cost, compared to the 20,000 dollars that an incubator in the U.S. costs.

So, this is what we came up with. What you see here looks nothing like an incubator. It looks like a small sleeping bag for a baby. You can open it up completely. It's wpaetorrof. There's no seams inside so you can sterilize it very eailsy. But the magic is in this pouch of wax. This is a phase-change material. It's a wax-like substance with a melting point of human body temperature, 37 degrees Celsius. You can melt this simply using hot water and then when it melts it's able to mnitiaan one constant treearmtpue for four to six hours at a time, after which you simply reheat the pouch. So, you then place it into this little pocket back here, and it cetraes a warm micro-environment for the baby.

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________ by this story, and ______ of other _______ _______ like this, my team and I realized what was needed was a local solution, something that could work without electricity, that was simple enough for a mother or a midwife to use, given that the majority of ______ still take place in the home. We needed something that was portable, something that could be sterilized and ______ across multiple babies and something ultra-low-cost, compared to the 20,000 dollars that an incubator in the U.S. costs.

So, this is what we came up with. What you see here looks nothing like an incubator. It looks like a small sleeping bag for a baby. You can open it up completely. It's __________. There's no seams inside so you can sterilize it very ______. But the magic is in this pouch of wax. This is a phase-change material. It's a wax-like substance with a melting point of human body temperature, 37 degrees Celsius. You can melt this simply using hot water and then when it melts it's able to ________ one constant ___________ for four to six hours at a time, after which you simply reheat the pouch. So, you then place it into this little pocket back here, and it _______ a warm micro-environment for the baby.

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  10. creates
  11. births

Original Text


Inspired by this story, and dozens of other similar stories like this, my team and I realized what was needed was a local solution, something that could work without electricity, that was simple enough for a mother or a midwife to use, given that the majority of births still take place in the home. We needed something that was portable, something that could be sterilized and reused across multiple babies and something ultra-low-cost, compared to the 20,000 dollars that an incubator in the U.S. costs.

So, this is what we came up with. What you see here looks nothing like an incubator. It looks like a small sleeping bag for a baby. You can open it up completely. It's waterproof. There's no seams inside so you can sterilize it very easily. But the magic is in this pouch of wax. This is a phase-change material. It's a wax-like substance with a melting point of human body temperature, 37 degrees Celsius. You can melt this simply using hot water and then when it melts it's able to maintain one constant temperature for four to six hours at a time, after which you simply reheat the pouch. So, you then place it into this little pocket back here, and it creates a warm micro-environment for the baby.

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