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

许多读者对互联网作为一项技术进步表示感谢。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.

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.

一些读者把它带回了电子生活的基础。苏海尔写道：

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

盖伊·多尔斯也表达了同样的观点：

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.

虽然互联网/万维网和微芯片的发明排名靠前，但许多读者对最基本的现代设施表示感谢。TheFu写道：

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

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.

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