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The pulser pump has been around for 20 years, the mechanical mathematician for making parabolic reflectors for about 6 months. Please use one or the other in an engineering study.

You can find both on utube and on the web. The pulser pump is a river or stream powered water pump with no moving parts. It uses low grade water power (the water only has to fall a half meter to work one) and

Hi peoples,
I am currently helping a professor at my university supervise a design group from the graduating mechanical class and I wrote this short and informal description to introduce them to the idea of appropriate technology. I thought you all might be interested in it.
i hope you enjoy
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"Appropriate Technology

When designing a technology for use in

Hello everyone,

Does anyone know anything about GRATIS?
http://www.gratisghana.com/

I am curious if anyone has worked with or heard of the Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service (GRATIS). Their vision is to become a self-sustaining and leading technology development and transfer organization in Africa. Does

Radio soap operas to teach sustainable farming in Vietnam. Wind power generation in Ghana. Eco-friendly coffins in South Africa.

http://tinyurl.com/md3n7


These are a just a few of the innovative and small-scale international development projects that have been recognized through the World Bank's Development Marketplace competition.

Decentralized power generation from cow dung and a somewhat mysterious water purification system, both created by Segway-inventor Dean Kamen.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/16/technology/busines s2_futureboy0216/index.htm

(If the link's split into two, you may need to piece it together...)

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