Ressources Etiqueté: Technology
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Scientific principles, inventions, and chemical, mechanical, and industrial processes are explained for the general reader with the help of drawings and diagrams.
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A collection of papers presented at a May 1988 workshop on the theme expressed in the title. The papers are divided into two broad categories--theory and practice--and cover a wide range of topics in such fields as agriculture, energy, small enterprise development, information dissemination and...
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Technology with a Human Face is an introduction to appropriate technology which is suitable for beginners, yet it is also for those already familiar with the basic issues.
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01/01/1977 This book, inspired by the World Employment Conference held in Geneva in June 1976 and by the discussions at that Conference on the agenda item "Technologies for productive employment", suggests new criteria for establishing socially oriented technology policies in the developing economy.
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Includes detail entries with illustrations describing specific skills in indigenous Indonesian technologies in Agriculture, Fishing and Aquaculture, Post Harvest Processing and Cooking Utensils, Water Supply, Transportation, Architecture, Housing and Construction, Small Industries, Handicrafts...
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Ressource principale 01/01/1977 This comprehensive work features specific ways in which both developed and developing countries can introduce people-oriented technologies to all aspects of society. It is a revolutionary work in that it outlines some radical economic changes which must be made in the industrial world.
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01/01/1982 The purpose of the Consultation was to contribute to the development of intermediate local technology and to raise its level in rural areas; to spread information amonst forestry top supervisers and staff responsible for forest operations with regard to the balancing of equipment and investment...
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Small is Possible is an account of what is being done by the Intermediate Technology Development Group and its counterpart organizations overseas, including those in Africa, India and Latin America, and a description of the alternative technology movements in Britain, the U.S. and Canada. These...
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The Way Things Work Now Levers to Lasers, Windmills to Wi-Fi A Visual Guide to the World of Machines
David Macaulay not only demonstrates how machines do what they do-from the simplest lever to the smartest phone-but also shows how the concept behind another. Using the humorous analogy of a wooly mammoth to illustrate principles, he offers even the least technically minded reader a window of... -
This book provides the general reader with an understanding of the broad development context and the place of appropriate technology in it, and furnished the newcomer to the subject with a basis for future specialization. The actual practice of appropriate technology is dealth with...