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Opportunities and Challenges for Micro Wind Turbines in Developing Communities 发展中社区微型风力涡轮机的机遇与挑战

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.47

H. Louie, V. V. Acker, S. Szablya, P. Dauenhauer

引用次数: 4

A Hot Plate Solar Cooker with Electricity Generation - Combining a Parabolic Trough Mirror with a Sidney Tube and Heat Pipe 一个热板太阳能炊具与发电-结合抛物面槽镜与西德尼管和热管

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.12

A. D. Kaasjager, G. P. G. Moeys

引用次数: 3

Green Energy Revolution in Economic Power Generation-Composite MFC 经济发电中的绿色能源革命——复合MFC

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.49

Swapnakumari B. Patil, A. Mulla, S. Katre

引用次数: 1

Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Products for the Management of Land and Water 用于土地和水管理的创新合成孔径雷达产品

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.26

G. D. Martino, A. Iodice, D. Riccio, G. Ruello, M. Papa, Y. Koussoube

引用次数: 5

An Interactive Sustainable Infrastructure Design Model for Health Clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲卫生诊所交互式可持续基础设施设计模型

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.40

B. Striebig, A. Ogundipe, A. Amini, Dana Anderson, Leah Haling, Bryan Morrison, Valentina Sanmiguel, Ericka Smith, D. Wolfe

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引用次数: 0

SPARCL: An Improved Approach for Matching Sinhalese Words and Names in Record Clustering and Linkage 一种改进的记录聚类和链接中僧伽罗语词名匹配方法

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.60

G. Hettiarachchi, D. Attygalle

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引用次数: 11

Leveraging Technological Advances in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Systems Thinking Approach 利用技术进步促进企业社会责任:系统思维方法

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.27

S. K. Chopra

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引用次数: 1

Democratizing Design through the Use of Lego-Inspired Universal Connectors 通过使用乐高启发的通用连接器使设计民主化

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.82

Min Pack, Khanjan Mehta

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引用次数: 2

Aluminum Foil Coils for Human Scale Wind Turbines 用于人体规模风力涡轮机的铝箔线圈

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.11

Pedro A. Melendez-Vega, G. Venkataramanan

引用次数: 4

Sustainable Green Energy Production from Agricultural and Poultry Operations - A Renewable Energy Project for Community Empowerment and Vocational Training in Remote Villages in South Africa 农业和家禽生产可持续绿色能源——南非偏远村庄社区赋权和职业培训的可再生能源项目

2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Pub Date : 2012-10-21 DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2012.80

K. Ushimaru

引用次数: 3