The pump has a long history, dating back to the first screw pump invented by Archimedes in the third century B.C. Over the centuries, it has powered much of the world's progress, and today, the pump is the second most common complex machine on the planet, after electric motors. Because of its age and prevalence, few people think of the pump as a modern machine. While computers have been used to improve the performance of everything from scientific research to global communication, the pump does not seem like a technology-enhanced candidate.
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