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Amy Smith comparte un diseño simple para salvar vidas

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Los gases de la cocina a fuego de interior matan a más de 2 millones de niños al año en el mundo en desarrollo. La ingeniera Amy Smith del MIT (Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts) detalla una solución simple pero emocionante: una herramienta para convertir desechos de granja en carbón de quemado limpio.

Amy Smith designs cheap, practical fixes for tough problems in developing countries. Among her many accomplishments, the MIT engineer received a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2004 and was the first woman to win the Lemelson-MIT Prize for turning her ideas into inventions. Full bio »

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