Much of the technology that the AIDG trains people in developing has been developed before by other individuals and groups. The AIDG builds and tests these designs and modifies them where necessary to fit our requirements. That said the AIDG owes a great deal of thanks to other organizations and individuals for inspiring us with their works. In our research and study we have looked at many projects of individuals and organizations. A few deserve special mention and thanks. The AIDG seeks only to use public domain technologies and are very grateful to the following groups that have made their designs open and accessible to the public. Here is our list of people we thank:

• The source of the intermediate technology movement, the ITDG
• All the guys pushing the boundaries of low tech at OTHERPOWER.COM
• Ed Lentz, the only guy we know to make windmills from Microwaves
• Jamie Burnes, Jamie's actually a sculptor, and an amazing one at that, but if he hadn't lent us his metal shop we never would have gotten off the ground
• The owners of Marlborough Foundry Inc. who kindly donated the highly quality sand we used to cast our pelton cups.
• Pete Zink and Bob Sjostrom, lifesavers who CNC'ed some very crucial parts for us.