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Rethinking the design paradigm for university technology projects in international development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Since the appropriate technology movement of the 1970s, technology and engineering from developed countries have played a role in international development. In recent years, universities have created graduate-level programs ...
Development of methodologies for the testing and evaluation of solar lanterns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Solar lighting technologies have reached a point where they are affordable in many developing countries. While many of these products have had a positive impact on communities, the market also has poorly designed and ...
CITE Suitability : an exploration of product evaluation methodologies for developing world technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
There are a multitude of technological products that have been developed to improve the lives of bottom of pyramid consumers in the developing world. Unfortunately, many of these products fail to have the desired impact ...
Development of sensor based evaluation methodologies for developing world products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Often consumers in the developed world have a wide range of options available to them when considering a certain product family, such as a smartphone. The plethora of options is in large part a result of the degree to which ...
Adapting Consumer Report's product evaluation methods for particle removal, gravity non-electric and reverse osmosis water filters in the Indian marketplace
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Household Water Treatment and Storage (HWTS) products provides households that are drinking unimproved water supplies with a first line of defense against contaminants in their drinking water and those drinking improved ...