Graduate designs £250 incubator to save premature babies lives

The incubator would cost just £250 Credit: ITV News Central

A design graduate from Loughborough University has come up with an innovative idea which could save the lives of thousands of premature babies born in refugee camps.

Its an inflatable incubator complete with heat, light and humidifier. Its lightweight and portable and is capable of running off a car battery for 24 hours.

Its the brainchild of James Roberts, aged 22, who was inspired to design it after watching a documentary about refugees in Syria.

He's hoping his prototype will appeal to both charities and investors Credit: ITV News Central

Regular hospital incubators cost around £30,000. This one would cost a fraction of that, at £250. 150,000 babies are born in refugee camps every year.

Nearly 30,000 don't survive. James believes his incubator would give them a fighting chance.

His design has been put forward for the 2014 James Dyson International Award, and is in the top five. The winner will be chosen on November 6th