Key concepts of sustainability in the contemporary consumer society include cradle-to-cradle, slowfashion, locally-made, re-use, recycle and re-make (or upcycle). Each of these concepts focuses on the design and manufacture of products that are essentially made to comply to a theoretical sustainable framework, thus enabling people to live in harmony with our planet. In an ideal world we would c...

Craft involves the application of human skill and invested time. Some have argued technology has undermined human expertise by replacing craftwork with automation, disposing of human ingenuity and proficiency. Can new technologies integrate skill, materials and labor with the products of craft? How does technology affect the use and significance of the crafted artifacts? Conversely, how does th...

to minimize this nuisance. This article attempts to relate the measures taken, with a brief description and a sketch of a mosquito-proof cap devised and fitted to drinking-water barrels and receptacles in the country craft, with which it is hoped to reduce the incidence of breeding of this potential carrier of yellow fever in the Port of Bombay. The danger of the spread 0 this disease to India ...

The data presented in this article is an original data on "Investigating the role of onsite learning in the optimisation of craft gang's productivity in the construction industry". This article describes the constraints influencing craft gang's productivity and the influence of onsite learning on the blockwork craft gang's productivity. It also presented the method of data collection, using a s...

While microbrewery has become very popular, energy efficiency is a great challenge to microbrewers which causes low profitability margins and poor environmental performance. With high heating rate, instantaneous water system (IWHS) potential alternative steam boiler for beer brewing. This study developed an integrated techno-economic analysis (TEA) life cycle assessment (LCA) to, the first time...

The uses of particulate drug delivery systems covers all areas of medicine such as cardiology, endocrinology, gynecology, immunology, pain management, oncology and molecular biology. Microsphere is already having an impact on products as diverse as novel foods, medical devices, chemical coatings, personal health testing kits, sensors for security systems, water purification units for manned spa...

This presentation seeks to contextualise current work by makers using new technologies by discussing ways in which technology can be defined and the theoretical frameworks within which these definitions sit. It will briefly highlight some of the common ways in which we discuss technology and technological mediation, and relate these beliefs to particular characterisations of technology. This wi...