technology that have changed your life (using the term technology quite narrowly)

List the technology/products that have caused a real change in your life. Here goes my list: -

(1) computer
(2) operating systems
(3) programming languages (after all I earn my living by coding)
(4) internet + www
(5) email
(6) IM
(7) mobile phone
(8) search engines
(9) online mapping services
(10) finding free stuff instantly online :) anything; news, books, movies, music, ...
(11) flash memory
(12) broadband internet

What's yours?

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