A two-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
A two-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
This session will present several different appropriate technologies that can be made by Makers everywhere. John Barrie will share designs for a "Thermoacoustic Engine", which is in-process at the A2 MechShop. The TA Engine is really simple to make. Their goal is to generate 20 watts for $20.00 using only waste heat from a wood stove as a heat source. He'll also cover treadle pumps for rural farmers, solar LED light that can replace kerosene lamps, woven windmills that are high efficiency wind turbines made by local weavers, and a solar vaccine refrigerator for use in rural Africa.
The Appropriate Technology Collaborative designs new, state-of-the-art technologies for low income people worldwide. We will be demonstrating technologies for rural/urban people that are low cost, easy to make and energy efficient. Our presentation will include our recent prototype thermoacoustic engine that is designed to make 20 watts of electric power for $20.00, using only waste heat from a wood stove. All ATC technologies are low cost, clean-tech and can be made with local labor in low income countries.
The Appropriate Technology Collaborative works in collaboration with our clients and other nonprofits (NGOs) to create technologies that are culturally sensitive, environmentally responsible and locally repairable in order to improve the quality of life, enhance safety, and reduce adverse impacts on their environment.
