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Dr. Kenneth A. Pickar |
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Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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E105: Product Design for the Developing World |
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Excerpts from Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, by E.F. Schumacher PDF Description of Schumacher’s “intermediate” technology—what we call appropriate technology David French. “The Ten Commandments of Project Planning”, The AT Reader, ed. Marilyn Carr. London: Intermediate Technology Press, 1985. pp 407-412 What to do and what not to do
Power to the People (Peter Hawthorne, Time Magazine) PDF Describes a few appropriate technologies being used in Africa—some good introductory examples
The WOT-field: A test-site for small scale sustainable energy applications. Working Group on Development Techniques, University of Twente. PDF Prototypes of several appropriate technologies and descriptions
Appropriate Technology for Grassroots Development: Conference report. Sponsored by The African Development Foundation and The Songhai Environmental Rehabilitation Center Conference proceedings. Summarizes some West African AT projects
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Appropriate Technology |
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Contact Information: |
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Instructor: Ken Pickar, x4185 |