Open Source Sharing Brings Equipment to Iraqi Hospitals

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Channel: FORA.tv · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Bilal Ghalib recounts how the power of open source hardware and online networking inspired a maker from Baghdad to build pulse rate monitors to replace broken ones in Iraqi hospitals.

Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/05/20/Bilal_Ghalib_Making_it_in_the_Middle_East

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