# Simple designs to save a life

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_smith_simple_designs_to_save_a_life)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Simple designs to save a life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/amy_smith_simple_designs_to_save_a_life/7f2ca4f6b8c0), 15 min (TED's player)