Blending of New and Traditional Technologies - Case Studies (ILO

Blending of New and Traditional Technologies - Case Studies (ILO - WEP, 1984, 312 p.)

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FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART 1: CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES

Chapter 1. Blending of new technologies with traditional economic activity*

Chapter 2. Experience of the Green Revolution*

PART 2: CASE STUDIES

Chapter 3. Application of microcomputers to Portugal’s agricultural management*

Chapter 4. Off-line uses of microcomputers in selected developing countries*

Chapter 5. The use of personal computers in Italian biogas plants*

Chapter 6. Microelectronics in textile production: A family firm (United Kingdom) and cottage industry with AVL looms (United States)

Chapter 7. Microelectronics in small/medium enterprises in the United Kingdom*

Chapter 8. Integration of old and new technologies in the Italian (Prato) textile industry*

Chapter 9. The use of numerically controlled machines on traditional lathes: The Brazilian capital goods industry*

Chapter 10. Electronic load-controlled mini-hydroelectric projects: Experiences from Colombia, Sri Lanka and Thailand*

Chapter 11. The application of biotechnology to metal extraction: The case of the Andean countries*

Chapter 12. Cloning of Palm Oil Trees in Malaysia*

Chapter 13. Technological Change in Palm Oil in Costa Rica*

Chapter 14. Biotechnology applications to some African fermented foods*

Chapter 15. Use of satellite remote-sensing techniques in West Africa*

Chapter 16. India’s rural educational television broadcasting via satellites*

Chapter 17. New construction materials for developing countries*

Chapter 18. Photovoltaic solar-powered pump irrigation in Pakistan*

Chapter 19. Photovoltaic power supply to a village in Upper Volta*

PART 3: CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE ACTION

Chapter 20. Prospects for successful blending*

ANNEX: SELECTED EXAMPLES OF EXPERIMENTS AND PROJECTS*

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I. Microelectronics/Electronics

A. Microprocessor/Computer Applications

B. Other microelectronics/electronics applications

II. Robotics and Numerically Controlled Machines

III. Optoelectronics

A. Laser techniques

IV. Satellite Technology

A. Remote sensing applications

B. Satellite broadcasting

V. New materials

A. Ceramics and amorphous silicon

B. Fibre reinforced composites

VI. Biotechnology

VII. Miscellaneous

A. Irradiation techniques

B. New chemical processes

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