Overcoming technical constraints for obtaining sustainable development with open source appropriate technology

TIC-STH'09: 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 814-820

  Pearce, Joshua M ^a   Mushtaq, Usman ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appropriate technology; Communication; Development; Information technology; Open design; Open hardware; Open source; Open source appropriate technology; OSAT; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Wiki

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; OPEN DESIGN; OPEN HARDWARE; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; OPEN SOURCES; OSAT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 77952695397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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