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== Projects & Status ==
 
== Projects & Status ==
* Water  
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* Water Delivery & Purification
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** [[Page:Water_Hippo_Hack|Water Hippo Hack]]
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** Hydraulic Ram Pump
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* Power
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** Microhydro Power
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* Agricultural Gear
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** Lime Crusher - Low-energy input device to crush lime to fertilize the soil.  Zambia has very acidic soil and it must be limed for agriculture.  Local limestone deposits can be harvested for lime. 
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*** 9/13/10 - [[User:Gregabyte|Gregabyte]] & [[User:Preauxphoto|Preauxphoto]] - Propose building a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill ball mill] from a crank and 55-gallon steel drum.  Gregabyte has plans for a mill.
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*** [[Appropriate Technologies Lab/Soil ph]]
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** Cultivator - Tools to help cultivate fields quickly with only human power.  There is an example at the agricultural center that is made from an old bike attached to a cultivator tool head.  It reduces the time of cultivation of a field from several days to two hours.
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** Solar Food Dryer - Need one with a drying capacity of 100-200 lbs of produce per day.  Currently have a test prototype to learn about solar food drying.
 
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Revision as of 22:08, 13 September 2010

Overview

This page is for the Appropriate Technologies Lab's (ATL) collaboration projects with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) - UAH & Engineers Without Borders - Huntsville Professionals (EWB - UAH-HSV Google Group). The ATL will operate in support of EWB's projects for the community of the Kanyama Chiefdom of NorthWestern Province, Zambia.

Calendar

  • Every Friday, 12pm - 1pm: Engineers Without Borders Joint Student-Professional Meeting, UAH campus, Madison Hall Rm 133.
  • First Thursday of Every Month, 7pm-8pm: Engineers Without Borders Professional Meeting, UAH in the MAE library on the second floor of Olin B. King Technology Hall

Projects & Status

  • Water Delivery & Purification
  • Power
    • Microhydro Power
  • Agricultural Gear
    • Lime Crusher - Low-energy input device to crush lime to fertilize the soil. Zambia has very acidic soil and it must be limed for agriculture. Local limestone deposits can be harvested for lime.
    • Cultivator - Tools to help cultivate fields quickly with only human power. There is an example at the agricultural center that is made from an old bike attached to a cultivator tool head. It reduces the time of cultivation of a field from several days to two hours.
    • Solar Food Dryer - Need one with a drying capacity of 100-200 lbs of produce per day. Currently have a test prototype to learn about solar food drying.