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Solar-Powered Hearing Aids are Helping Kids in Developing CountriesCollege student Grace O'Brien started "Ears for Years" - a nonprofit that distributes low-cost, solar-powered hearing aids to children in developing countries.
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“This hearing aid is giving them a chance to escape poverty. It’s giving them the chance to get a valid education and I think that’s really amazing.”
--Grace O'Brien, Founder of Ears for Years
The Rise of Fertility TrackingInvestors are pouring money into apps that allow women to track their fertility. Can tech companies use data to change the world of women’s reproductive health?
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"If you can reduce the initial response by one day, you can reduce the overall recovery by a thousand days, or three years."
--Robin Murphy, on the effectiveness of robots in disaster relief
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The Surprising Role of Robots in Disaster AreasWhen disaster strikes, who's first on the scene? More and more, it’s a robot. In Robin Murphy's lab, Murphy builds robots that fly, tunnel, swim and crawl through disaster scenes, helping firefighters and rescue workers save more lives safely — and help communities return to normal up to three years faster.
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