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A young inventor in Britain has been awarded a cash grant to invest in his potentially life-saving creation -- an inflatable incubator that costs a mere $400 to deploy. The inflatable incubator, which is the brainchild of 23-year-old graduate James Roberts, is a fraction of the price of a modern incubation system but complies with British incubation standards, offering stable heat and humidification. The incubator, dubbed "MOM", even features a collapsible phototherapy unit for babies with jaundice. MOM is inflated manually, with temperature control courtesy of ceramic heating elements, and a screen that shows conditions inside the incubator, which can be custom set.