0) Appropriate Technology

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& this is the Appropedia.org wiki which uses these definitions:

Appropedia is for collaborative solutionsin sustainability, appropriate technology and poverty reduction.

Here is the wikipedia definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology

The question of what is 'appropriate technology' is an interesting one ... which will be discussed in some length (& from slightly un-orthodox points of view) in these two classes. M4.9 & M4.10

What any type of technology has in common however, is that it is the application of science, so a good basic knowledge of science is essential to good technological

design ("good" meaning whatever function

the designer had in mind)