Teknolojia sahihi za wazi (OSAT) ni teknolojia zilizobuniwa katika staili huru^[1] na mfumo laini-wazi. Teknolojia hizi lazima ziwe "teknolojia sahihi" (TS) – ikimaanisha teknolojia ilibuniwa kwa kuzingatia mazingira, maadili, utamaduni, jamii, siasa, na uchumi wa jamii inayokusudiwa.

Faida

Vyanzo wazi ni njia ya maendeleo ya teknolojia sahihi ambayo inavuna toka kwenye nguvu ya mtawanyiko wa marejeo na uwazi wa mikakati. Appropedia ni mfano wa chanzo wazi cha teknolojia sahihi. Hapa mtu yeyote anaweza kujifunza juu ya na kutumia TS zisizo na hatimiliki. Na muda huo huo mtu yeyote anaweza kuongeza maarifa katika vyanzo wazi kwa kuchangia mawazo, shuhuda, takwimu za majaribio, deployment logs, n.k.

Imesemekana kwamba umuhimu wa vyanzo wazi vya teknolojia sahihi katika kuendesha applied sustainability ni mkubwa.^[2] marejeo ya pamoja yaliyojengwa na yanayoendelea yanaweza kutoa ubora zaidi, kutegemeka zaidi, na mabadiliko rahisi kuzidi ubunifu wa kawaida/kuwekea hatimiliki teknolojia. Hali ya maarifa kuwa bure pia inapelekea gharama ndogo, na hasa katika teknolojia ambazo hazifaidiki katika kiwango kikubwa na skeli ya uzalishaji. Mwisho, OSAT pia inawezesha kuwa na mwisho wa haki miliki nyang'anyi. Na hii ni muhimu hasa katika teknolojia zinazolenga kupunguza shida na kuokoa maisha katika nchi zinazoendelea.

"Vyanzo wazi" vinaweza kufanya kazi kama muendeshaji wa maendeleo endelevu. Kuna (angalau) sababu tatu nzuri:^[3]

1. inawezesha uzalishaji na hutumiaji;
2. inawezesha uzalishaji unaolenga jamii husika hasa pale ambapo hakuna mali za kutosha kujaribu waendelezaji wa kibiashara ili watengeneze aina ya bidhaa zinazolenga jamii za ndani;
3. inaweza kuwa "bure" na vilevile huru kama "nafuu" – kitu muhimu kwa jamii zinazoendelea.

Kujali maadili

Ijapokuwa matatizo ya nchi zinazoendelea yamewekewa misaada midogo ya utatuzi, watafiti wengi, makampuni, na wasomi wanafanyia kazi bidhaa zinazolenga kusaidia maendeleo endelevu. Vinay Gupta amashauri waendelezaji hao wakubali kanuni tatu:^[4]

1. Sitaruhusu binadamu yeyote akoseshwe teknolojia inayoleta maisha kwa ajili ya nia ya faida.
2. Kazi zozote nitakazowekea hatimiliki nitafanya ziwe bure kwa watu wanaojihusisha na kazi za kibinadamu, isipokuwa kama hili litavunja matakwa mengine ya kimikataba.
3. Sitatumia sheria ya hatimiliki kupunguza kasi ya ubunifu au hutoaji huduma kwa wanaohitaji katika hali yeyote ile.

Usaidizi katika Fasihi

• Imechunguzwa ni kwa vipi uchungiaji wa ubunifu, maelekezo, na maelezo ya kiufundi yanaweza kuongeza nguvu katika ufanisi, utumiaji katika eneo kubwa, na ubunifu katika teknolojia sahihi.^[2]
• OSAT imesemwa kusaidia katika kuendeleza teknolojia ya madawa na hasa kwenye nchi zinazoendelea.^[5][6]
• Imesemwa kwamba kuchangia mikakati ya ubunifu, dhana sahihi, na maelezo ya kiufundi inawezesha ufanisi zaidi na maendeleo ya haraka ya teknolojia sahihi kwa ajili sehemu zenye viwanda na zisizo na viwanda.^[7] Kwa nyongeza inasemwa kwamba uchangiaji huu utahitaji jamii ya teknolojia sahihi kuasili leseni/kanuni wazi, kuandikia maarifa, na kuendelezea toka kazi za nyuma.^[7]
• Katika ngazi ya chuo, utumiaji wa miradi ya madarasa katika teknolojia sahihi wazi imeonekana kufanikiwa katika kuunda uhusiano baina ya fizikia na faida za kijamii:^[8] open access Mkabala huu una faida ya kutumia wanafunzi wa chuo kufikia mali na kujaribu vifaa kuendeleza teknolojia sahihi. Katika hali hiyo hiyo OSAT imetumika kama dhana kuendeleza service learning.^[9][10]

Angalia pia: Open Source Appropriate Technology Literature Review

Madhaifu

This type of idea is clearly not mainstream and suffers from the same criticisms as open source software. In addition, it has been claimed that the decline of the appropriate technology movement is said to be part of the 'remasculinization' of US after the Vietnam War through the Reagan regime.^[11] According to Pursell it was said have failed because of the inability to counter advocates of agribusiness, large private utilities, and multinational construction companies. These groups maintained the elitist, narrow and traditional definition of the word 'technology' to forward their interests, and not those of the developing world.^[11]

Angalia pia

• Applied Sustainability
• Appropedia
• Appropriate Technology
• Open Design
• Sustainable Development
• Writings on Open Source Appropriate Technology
• Open Source Appropriate Technology Literature Review
• Appropriate technology open collaborations
• Akvo ATOC - Conclusions and recommendations

Vipelekezi vya nje

• For an ongoing discussion of OSAT see Agroblogger
• Another excellent site is the P2P Foundation The Peer to Peer (P2P) Network function as a clearinghouse for open/free, participatory/p2p and commons-oriented initiatives.
• Project Sunshine
• Sustainablog
• At the university level, the use of appropriate technology classroom projects has been shown to be successful in forging the connection between physics and social benefit: Joshua M. Pearce, "Physics Using Appropriate Technology Projects", The Physics Teacher, 45, pp. 164-167, 2007. pdf. This approach has the potential to use university students' access to resources and testing equipment in furthering the development of appropriate technology. See service learning
• National Geographic's list of good ideas

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