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Roads. The Roman legionnaires built a network across England which has
determined the routes of most major highways ever since.
Maps. The Ordnance Survey was founded in 1791 to chart the country
thoroughly, and its detailed maps were widely available almost immediately
thereafter.
GPS. The satellite base global positioning system to accurately target
missiles now sends commercial lorries into cul-de-sacs.
T'interweb. All power to Tim Berners-Lee, but it was hardened redundant
military communications networks that created the pathways along which the
electrons could buzz.
The jet engine. The military power pack that takes us on cheap holidays
Clocks. Without the winner of a Royal Navy competition for a ship's
chronometer where would we have got the travel alarm clock from?
Computers. Like this one. Bletchley Park code breakers started the
original "difference engine" on the path to every office and most homes in
the country.
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