Thermal stability in incubators is essential to improve the health of sick, very low birth weight infants. Moreover, this stability is most pressing when primitive incubators over-heat, killing their occupants, or when primitive baby warmers fail to provide enough heat (perhaps out of fear of overheating), also killing their occupants. We are looking for a team to design a temperature control system for incubators with a closed feedback loop that will shut the heater off when it gets too hot. Basically, this project involves the creation of a low-cost thermostat for an AC powered heating device, whether it’s a bulb or a space heater. This is potentially a very high impact project, as the low-cost but versatile sensor/processing/display platform can be used for a wide variety of designs for the developing world.
