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Journal of Technology Studies

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Professional Association
  • Secondary Source
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http://www.stanford.edu/group/STS/techne.shtml

Excerpt: 

Once upon a time, perched atop the Drakensberg Mountains above the Republic of South Africa, there lay a tiny country called Lesotho. Lesotho (pronounced le-SOO-too) was inhabited by Basotho (singular "Mosotho") who farmed the mountainous terrain. One day, trekking over the crags, a group of foreigners arrived in the village of Thaba Tseka, in the center of Lesotho. They carried with them 45 odd-looking boxes which they said could use the light of the sun to cook food. The boxes were a gift for the people of Thaba Tseka.

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