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Appropriate technology has been used to address issues in a wide range of fields. Well-known examples of appropriate technology applications include: bike- and hand-powered water pumps (and other self-powered equipment), the bicycle, the universal nut sheller, self-contained solar lamps and streetlights, and passive solar building designs.
In the United States, the National Center for Appropriate Technology operates ATTRA (attra.ncat.org), a national sustainable agriculture assistance program. The focus of discussion and research regarding technology adoption is the small scale farm, because it accounts for the majority of the planet's agricultural output. [1]
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.
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PATH (formerly known as the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) is an international, nonprofit global health organization. [2] PATH is based in Seattle with 1,600 employees in more than 70 countries around the world. Its president and CEO is Nikolaj Gilbert, who is also the Managing Director and CEO of Foundations for Appropriate ...
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is an American organization headquartered in Butte, Montana, that is dedicated to appropriate technology and sustainability. Projects specifically deal with sustainable energy , sustainable agriculture and food, sustainable living , farm energy, and climate change .
The criteria for this list is that the technology must: Exist in some way; purely hypothetical technologies cannot be considered emerging and should be covered in the list of hypothetical technologies instead. However, technologies being actively researched and prototyped are acceptable. Have a Wikipedia article or adjacent citation covering them.
The Appropriate Technology Collaborative is an American non-profit dedicated to designing everyday technologies for the global poor. [ 1 ] Some ATC Projects are open to US volunteer participation.