From communications to entertainment, Apple products have profoundly changed the way people around the world obtain information and use technology.

从通讯到娱乐，苹果公司的产品大大改变了全世界人们获取信息和使用技术的方式。

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This is happening in industries from health care to clean technology to consumer products.

从医疗保健到清洁技术，到消费产品，许多行业都发生着这一现象。

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Technology products take months or years to go from the blueprint stage to production.

对于科技产品来说，从设计图纸到真正的投入产粗需要数月甚至数年。

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But the real efficiency comes as much from styling new ways to work with technology, from mobile workforces to using comments on the Internet to develop products faster.

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Appliance manufacturers would also benefit from high-accuracy meter technology to monitor when products become less efficient, giving them insight on how to develop better gear.

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