Amy Smith shares simple, lifesaving design

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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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TED.com

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TEDTalks, TED2006, TED, Talks, Featured, MacArthur grant, alternative energy, death, design, engineering, global issues, haiti, industrial design, invention, 2006

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