nytimes.com - 12/16/2008
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The creators of the car parts incubator, which can be built for less than $1,000, say it could prevent millions of newborn deaths in the developing world. >
designthatmatters.org - 12/16/2008
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designthatmatters.org —
DtM Debuts its Latest Incubator Model Last summer,
DtM partnered with the CIMIT Global Health Initiative, and...
recruited three Industrial Design students from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to develop the Neonatal Incubator's second phase ...
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Car Parts Incubator Aims to Put the Brakes on Infant Mortality
Medgadget —
... the building or even to another hospital.
...What resulted was a serious-looking gray-blue device that conjures up a cyborg baby buggy, but fits comfortably in hospitals and clinics with few resources. For one thing, the supply of replacement parts is virtually limitless, because the modular prototype can be adapted to any make or model of car.
This brings the whole concept of the race-car bed to the next level.
Read the NY Times article here...
Read more about the man behind the project...
BehindTheMedspeak: Car Parts Incubator
bookofjoe —
... , told Madeline Drexler for a story that appears on the front page of today's New York Times Science section that "The idea was to start with a 4Runner and take away all the parts that weren't an ...
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