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Earlier this week we asked you to share the technology you were most thankful for–big or small, old or new–and you responded. Read on to see the tech your fellow readers are thankful to have.

本周早些时候，我们要求您分享您最感激的技术(无论大小，旧的或新的)，并且您做出了回应。 继续阅读，以了解您的其他读者非常感谢的技术。

Many readers were thankful for the Internet as an entire technological advance. Lee writes:

许多读者对互联网作为整个技术的进步表示感谢。 李写道：

I’d probably have to say the Internet in general, because that has essentially inspired most most of the features in modern technology. Plus, I wouldn’t know nearly as much about tech now if I didn’t have access to the Internet.

我可能不得不说一般的Internet，因为这实质上启发了现代技术的大多数功能。 另外，如果我无法访问互联网，那么我现在对技术的了解将不多。

Jim is especially thankful for the Internet:

吉姆特别感谢互联网：

The Internet. The information I’ve found and people I’ve met, (including my wife), have been life changing.

互联网。 我发现的信息以及我认识的人(包括我的妻子)都在改变着生活。

Several readers took it back to the basics of electronic life. Suhail writes:

一些读者将其带回了电子生活的基础。 Suhail写道：

Integrated Electronics! This is what drives & will drive each & everything in our world.. :-)

集成电子！ 这就是驱动并将驱动世界上每一个事物的原因.. :-)

Guy Dols echoes the sentiment:

盖伊·多尔斯(Guy Dols)回应了这一观点：

The NAND gate, without the NAND gate there would be no logical processing so no computers, no internet, no phones only lights bulbs and Morse communication.

NAND门，如果没有NAND门，将不会进行逻辑处理，因此没有计算机，没有互联网，没有电话，只有灯泡和莫尔斯电讯。

While the Internet/World Wide Web and the invention of the microchip ranked highly, many readers expressed thanks for the most basic of modern amenities. TheFu writes:

尽管Internet /万维网和微芯片的发明排名很高，但许多读者对最基本的现代便利设施表示感谢。 TheFu写道：

Water purification, by far. A distant 2nd is a hot water heater attached to the shower head.

水净化，到目前为止。 远处的第二个是连接到淋浴喷头的热水加热器。

All other tech falls very far below those two in my book. If you don’t believe me, turn off your water heater for a week and stop assuming water from the tap is clean enough to drink.

所有其他技术远远低于我书中的那两个。 如果您不相信我，请关闭热水器一周，然后停止假设自来水中的水清洁到可以饮用。

Clear and easily distributed water is certainly something we take for granted in first world countries. If you’re interested in helping people in developing countries gain access to clean and safe water supplies, we would urge you to check out (“A” ranked by ) to help bring wells and water purification systems to those in need.

在第一世界国家，我们当然理所当然地认为要获得清晰，易于分配的水。 如果您有兴趣帮助发展中国家的人们获得清洁和安全的水供应，我们敦促您检查一下 ( “ A”)，以帮助将井水和净水系统带给那些需要。

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