In the 1960s the assumption that societies should continually strive for economic growth and increasing industrialization began to be questioned. The environmental effects of unbridled consumption in the developed world had become apparent, and the...

Labour-intensive small-scale methods of production using renewable energy. A technology advocated for Third World countries. See also: Schumacher Dunn, P. (1978) Appropriate Technology: Technology with a Human Face, London: Macmillan. Jequier, N. (ed.)...

Production methods using simple tools and LABOUR-INTENSIVE techniques. This approach was a reaction to large-scale development schemes which attempted to convert traditional societies rapidly into modern industrialized societies, with all the...

Appropriate technology (AT) is technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, cultural, social and economic aspects of the community it is intended for. With these goals in mind, AT typically requires fewer resources, is...

By Graham Prophet, Editor Is the automotive electronics sector facing a reliability crisis--or merely a problem? The answer is pretty much a matter of definition, and depends who you are talking to. At the Automotive Electronics Congress held in Paris in September,...

The observation that the hospitality industry has been slow to adopt computer technology is not a fair assessment of its science and technology policy. Since technology must make sense for its user, the industry is still searching for appropriate applications for computers. Until such...

In many organizations, especially larger ones with clearly defined hierarchies, you can observe some workers that literally watch the clock close to the end of the work day, or near the end of their shift. They count down the minutes until they don't have to...