Every year over four million infants in the developing world die within a month of birth. Half of these newborns would survive if given a warm and clean environment in which to grow stronger. In developing countries, not only is there limited access to modern, high-tech incubators, but a lack of infrastructure and replacement parts render such devices worthless.

Design that Matters’s goal is to develop a newborn incubator for the developing world that takes advantage of locally-available replacement parts, the familiar mechanical language of automobile design, and globe-spanning auto-industry supply chains to create a context-appropriate product that can be locally maintained.

Neonurture: Car-parts Incubator has been nominated for the “People’s Design Award” category for the 2010 National Design Awards. The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is asking for the public to vote on their favorite designs through their website. This is a wonderful opportunity to raise the profile of this important newborn health project. So do cast your vote for this meaningful project here!

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