Why low-tech mechanical hydro power can sometimes beat hydro-electric, how kite generators electrify off-grid communities and the details on a new contest to redesign the agricultural water pump number among the most interesting news tweets recently. For up-to-the-minute updates from E4C on Twitter, please follow us at @Engineer4Change.
Danny Alexander & Sean Hewens of http://IDEO.org on human-centered design in #ICT4D http://www.ictworks.org/2013/08/14/why-is-human-centered-design-important-to-ict4d/ …
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) August 16, 2013
Adele Waugaman at the blgo Best Practice in ICT4D: A Conversation, interviewed Danny Alexander and Sean Hewens of IDEO.org. ICTWorks by Inveneo reprinted excerpts. https://bestict4d.wordpress.com/
Why public service needs engineers and scientists http://huff.to/1cOvYaz #hpSTEM
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) August 15, 2013
Ernestine Fu, author of Civic Work, Civic Lessons, makes the case.
Walking the line between participation and manipulation in co-creating community-owned solutions: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/aug/09/community-based-development-indigenous-peoples?CMP=&et_cid=44897&et_rid=7623525&Linkid=Development+and+indigenous+peoples%3a+creating+community-owned+solutions …
— Catapult_Design (@Catapult_Design) August 15, 2013
Céline Tschirhart and Laurence Byrne at The Guardian rewrite the “give-a-man-a-fish/teach-a-man-to-fish” cliché.
This mechanical #engineer is enabling rural Ugandans to access hospitals by training them to build Ambulance #bikes http://n.pr/1a8W4RG
— iana (@iana_aranda) August 14, 2013
Join the debate on #Energy Revolution in #Indian #Agriculture http://ht.ly/nReN0 @ingoboltz @greenpeace #GreenPeaceChallenge
— Paul Polak and Team (@OutofPoverty) August 13, 2013
Paul Polak tweets about Greenpeace’s agricultural pump design competition in India. The organization is looking for cleaner, cheaper technology to replace the diesel pumps in use now.
Join the debate on #Energy Revolution in #Indian #Agriculture http://ht.ly/nReN0 @ingoboltz @greenpeace #GreenPeaceChallenge
— Paul Polak and Team (@OutofPoverty) August 13, 2013
Join the debate on #Energy Revolution in #Indian #Agriculture http://ht.ly/nReN0 @ingoboltz @greenpeace #GreenPeaceChallenge
— Paul Polak and Team (@OutofPoverty) August 13, 2013
The case for low-tech direct hydro power, as opposed to hydro-powered electricity generation: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/08/direct-hydropower.html …
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) August 12, 2013
Low-Tech Magazine argues that direct hydro power that harnesses flowing water to perform a mechanical task can be more efficient and even improve upon hydro-electricity generation.
Americans are increasingly installing wind turbines near homes & businesses to make their own energy (study) http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/606192/?sc=swhr&xy=5049138 …
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) August 10, 2013
Kite wind-power generators could electrify communities in developing countries. http://youtu.be/_bIVjULzhqg / via @SciDevNet
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) August 8, 2013
