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Simple designs to save a life

Amy Smith · TED

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About

Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. MIT engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution: a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2006
Speaker
Amy Smith
Year
2006
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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