Write in brief about Technology Transfer and Appropriate Technology?

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