Saturday, July 16, 2011

Embrace of Life | OPEN Magazine

Embrace of Life | OPEN Magazine

A low-cost alternative to incubators promises to save hundreds of thousands of infant lives in the poorest regions of the world.
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BY Vasundhara Sirnate EMAIL AUTHOR(S)

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The deceptively simple, small blue sleeping bag made of a special phase-change material promises to save 100,000 low-birth weight babies in India by 2013.
The deceptively simple, small blue sleeping bag made of a special phase-change material promises to save 100,000 low-birth weight babies in India by 2013.
These entrepreneurs went to Stanford University to earn a degree. They came out with a lifesaver that will help save infants from death and disability.
These entrepreneurs went to Stanford University to earn a degree. They came out with a lifesaver that will help save infants from death and disability.

The small blue sleeping bag looks like something one could bundle an infant in for an early December morning walk in Delhi’s Lodhi Garden. It may just be a little bag but it was powerful enough to make Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher tweet about it on his Twitter profile. The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, MSNBC and various blogs and local papers have all carried stories about this blue bag.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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