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The story of the infant warmer is a journey of "extreme affordability" that began in a Stanford classroom and grew into a global movement to save millions of newborns. The Spark of an Idea

In 2007, co-founder and her team were challenged in a Stanford Graduate School of Business course called "Design for Extreme Affordability" to create an incubator that cost less than 1% of a traditional $20,000 model. They realized that for rural families in countries like India, the problem wasn't just the price; it was the lack of electricity and the vast distances to urban hospitals. A Simple, Brilliant Design Embrace 01

: A reusable pouch filled with phase-change material (PCM) —a wax-like substance that, when melted in boiling water, maintains a steady 98.6°F (37°C) for several hours. The story of the infant warmer is a