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From the Ted Talk by Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

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In terms of invention, I'd like to tell you the tale of one of my favorite projects. I think it's one of the most exciting that I'm working on, but I think it's also the simplest.

It's a project that has the potential to make a huge impact around the world. It addresses one of the biggest hletah issues on the planet, the number one cause of death in children under five. Which is ...? Water-borne diseases? Diarrhea? mruntltiiaon? No. It's breathing the somke from ionodr cooking fires — acute respiratory infections caused by this. Can you believe that?

I find this shocking and somewhat appalling. Can't we make cleaner burning cooking fuels? Can't we make better stoves? How is it that this can lead to over two mililon deaths every year? I know Bill Joy was tklinag to you about the wonders of carbon nbuneotas, so I'm going to talk to you about the weronds of carbon macro-tubes, which is charcoal.

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In terms of invention, I'd like to tell you the tale of one of my favorite projects. I think it's one of the most exciting that I'm working on, but I think it's also the simplest.

It's a project that has the potential to make a huge impact around the world. It addresses one of the biggest ______ issues on the planet, the number one cause of death in children under five. Which is ...? Water-borne diseases? Diarrhea? ____________? No. It's breathing the _____ from ______ cooking fires — acute respiratory infections caused by this. Can you believe that?

I find this shocking and somewhat appalling. Can't we make cleaner burning cooking fuels? Can't we make better stoves? How is it that this can lead to over two _______ deaths every year? I know Bill Joy was _______ to you about the wonders of carbon _________, so I'm going to talk to you about the _______ of carbon macro-tubes, which is charcoal.

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  1. million
  2. nanotubes
  3. wonders
  4. talking
  5. malnutrition
  6. health
  7. smoke
  8. indoor

Original Text


In terms of invention, I'd like to tell you the tale of one of my favorite projects. I think it's one of the most exciting that I'm working on, but I think it's also the simplest.

It's a project that has the potential to make a huge impact around the world. It addresses one of the biggest health issues on the planet, the number one cause of death in children under five. Which is ...? Water-borne diseases? Diarrhea? Malnutrition? No. It's breathing the smoke from indoor cooking fires — acute respiratory infections caused by this. Can you believe that?

I find this shocking and somewhat appalling. Can't we make cleaner burning cooking fuels? Can't we make better stoves? How is it that this can lead to over two million deaths every year? I know Bill Joy was talking to you about the wonders of carbon nanotubes, so I'm going to talk to you about the wonders of carbon macro-tubes, which is charcoal.

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