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Design and Applied Technology (Secondary 4-6)

1.5 APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY

Most, if not all, manufacturers want to produce more competitive products and gain a larger

market share. To do so, manufacturers have to manage different uncertainties, such as ever-

fluctuating demands and, perhaps more importantly, the use of appropriate technology. For

designers and engineers, they can help the manufacturers by choosing appropriate

technologies for producing winning products.

1.5.1 Appropriate technology and resources

The ‘appropriateness’ of a technology is defined as the technology’s appropriateness to the

environmental, cultural and economic situation that the technology targets at. As such, an

appropriate technology is normally using fewer resources, incurring lower costs and creating

lesser adverse impact on the environment. Very often, an appropriate technology is

considered that the most minimal level of technology that can achieve the intended purpose

effectively.

Bamboo scaffolding used in buildings

A common example of using appropriate technology is the employment of integrated circuits

(IC’s) in printed circuit boards (PCB’s) to replace discrete components. IC’s make the

manufactured products safer, use fewer materials, incur lower costs and be more

environmental friendly. This illustrates how simplicity, environmental friendliness and

economic situation are achieved simultaneously.

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