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Important Breakthroughs in Technology  
BESTS 

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These are the most important sceintific and technological breakthroughs.

	bluetooth - allows wireless communication between two devices
	cable television - more and better quality television
	CAT scans - helps diagnose brain problems
	cellular phones - allows you to be in contact with the world at all times
	chemotherapy - greatly improved cure rates
	digital hearing aids
	digital photography - expedited the development process and improved the ease of use
	digital video recording at home (DVR)
	fiber optics - offers reliable transmission of information over long distances
	hybrid automobiles - better gas mileage for you, better air for the earth
	hydrogen fuel - decreased emissions
	infrared technology - allows for simple inventions like the remote control
	Internet - evolution from ARPA to HTTP and HTML
	laser discs - DVDs and CDs allow for bigger, better video and sound
	laser eye surgery - lets you throw away your contacts and glasses
	liquid crystals - better bigger yet thinner tvs
	lithium battery
	microwaves - allows you to cook food faster
	mp3 compression - makes audio easier to work with and reason why iPods exist
	MRI - improved health care
	pacemakers - keeps people with heart problems alive much longer
	photovoltanic cells - makes solar power possible
	robotics - revolutionized factories and hospital operating rooms
	satellite technology - keeps the world connected and allows for global positioning systems (GPS) to exist
	scanning electron microscopes - stronger and better microscopes at molecular levels
	small wavelength lasers - allows microchips to be smaller, faster and more efficient
	smoke detectors
	splitting the atom - allows for the atomic weapons
	teeth whitening treatments
	tranistors - started the evolution of personal computers
	upc codes - speed up check-out process and store inventory management
	VOIP - allows you to call people around the world for free
	wireless internet - allows you to unplug from the wall

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