By 
Amy Smith
 | 
TED Stage Talk

Simple designs to save a life

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.

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design
engineering
global issues
industrial design
invention
renewable energy
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