Domestic technology
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Domestic technology is the incorporation of applied science into the home. There are many aspects of domestic technology. One one level, there are devices commonly used in the home, such as driers and washing machines. These things are itemized below.
On another level, domestic technology recognizes the use of applied science to construct homes to achieve a particular goal, such as energy efficiency or self sufficiency. For more information, read about self-sufficient homes.
There are many technologies now routinely used around modern homes, itemized below.
- Cleaning
External links
- Bittman, Michael; Rice, James Mahmud; & Wajcman, Judy. (2004). "Appliances and their impact: The ownership of domestic technology and time spent on household work". British Journal of Sociology 55 (3), 401–423. (http://www.jamesmahmudrice.info/Appliances.pdf) (PDF file)nl:Huishoudelijke apparatuur