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Demotech: Re-design for self-reliance

demotech.org ↗ · Civic & Public Life · score 80.0
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An NGO archive of open-source designs, research, and participatory work aimed at making practical technology more accessible and self-reliant.

Why it surfaced

Demotech documents unusually concrete experiments, from tin bicycles and small-scale manufacturing to semi-subterranean urban transport and wood working in Thailand. Its substantial archive includes designs, research methods, publications, news, and invitations to participate—not just a mission statement.

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