What modern problems are being or can be solved by applying science, math, engineering, technology, etc...?

Question

What modern problems are being or can be solved by applying science, math, engineering, technology, etc...?

Answer 1

Medicine:

the machine extracting platelets from a donor.

the machine that performs dialysis

the artificial heart

lasers for eye surgery

new materials that replaces teeth

and so on ...

Telecommunications and electronics:

GPS

portable phones (cellular)

flat TV, like LCD

ATM

Every aspect of our life from agriculture to zoology has been transformed by Science.

Answer 2

Arnt all modern problems solved in this way

Answer 3

I worked for the department of transportation last year for a couple of months. I'd probably go with traffic patterns.