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Despite these early examples, Dr. Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher is credited as the founder of the appropriate technology movement. A well-known economist, Schumacher worked for the British National Coal Board for more than 20 years, where he blamed the size of the industry's operations for its uncaring response to the harm black-lung disease inflicted on the miners. [3]
Some appropriate technology water supply measures include: Deep wells with submersible pumps in areas where the groundwater (aquifers) are located at depths >10 m. Shallow wells with lined walls and covers. Rainwater harvesting systems with an appropriate method of storage, especially in areas with significant dry seasons.
Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [2] [3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.
Open-source appropriate technology (OSAT) is appropriate technology developed through the principles of the open-design movement.Appropriate technology is technology designed with special consideration for the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economic aspects of the community it is intended for.
Philosophy of technology – Studies of the nature of technology Appropriate technology – Concept in the philosophy and politics of technology; Instrumental and intrinsic value – Philosophical concept; Jacques Ellul – French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist; Paradigm – Set of distinct concepts or thought patterns
We found the best technology for adults over 65 at CES this year. From AI aids to ‘aging in place’ smart home solutions, the annual tech show kept older users in mind.
Appropriate technology, sometimes called "intermediate" technology, more of an economics concern, refers to compromises between central and expensive technologies of developed nations and those that developing nations find most effective to deploy given an excess of labour and scarcity of cash.
The NFC South isn't exactly charging into the playoffs. History won't remember that, only that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got the job done. It was far from the sure thing it was supposed to be.