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From the Ted Talk by Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives
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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 smeas inside so you can sterilize it very easily. But the migac is in this pucoh of wax. This is a phase-change material. It's a wax-like substance with a melting point of human body temperature, 37 deegres 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 smlpiy 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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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 _____ inside so you can sterilize it very easily. But the _____ is in this _____ of wax. This is a phase-change material. It's a wax-like substance with a melting point of human body temperature, 37 _______ 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 ______ 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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- magic
- seams
- pouch
- simply
- degrees
Original Text
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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