Name: A warm embrace that saves lives
Uploaded: 2010-01-28T09:07:00Z
Duration: 4 min 29 s
Description: 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.

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.

Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives

A warm embrace that saves lives

Simple yet revolutionary, a wax-based phase-change material in a baby sleeping bag maintains vital warmth for 4-6 hours.

Reducing infant mortality rates with affordable technology may paradoxically lead to lower population growth, data suggests.

Innovative $25 infant warmer could save millions of lives by preventing hypothermia in premature babies in low-resource areas.