Technology Transfer:
‘The process of moving technology to a novel setting and implementing there.’
• Novel setting is any situation containing at least one new variable relevant to success or failure of given technology
• Transfer of technology from a familiar to a new environment is a complex process
Appropriate Technology:
‘Identification, transfer, and implementation of the most suitable technology for a new set of conditions’
• Conditions include social factors that go beyond routine economic and technical engineering constraints
• Identifying them requires attention to an array of human values and needs that ma y influence how a technology affects the novel situation
• Intermediate technology
