Is gong on, laser' techniques and optic fibres are being developed, separate factory shops and even whole enterprises are appearing where production Is basically carried on by automatic lines and robot technology. It Is hardly possible to find a single branch of Industry where fundamentally new products or tehnology have not been Introduced In the last decades. And In many cases such products appear every ten or even five years. ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS The breakthrough In the development of science end technology made In the last decades Is quite logical. In the 1960s alone, funds lnvest_ed Into the development of science and technology exceed a half of alI expenditures made for these purposes In the entire history of mankind. Today more scientists and engineers are working on problems of science and technology than In alI previous centuries.· The developing countries are making their own contribution to this process. In the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s they were able every six years to double the number of special lsts In research and development. A number of developing countries, among them India. Brazil, Argentina, Mexico. Egypt and Nigeria, created a scientific and technological potential enabling them to make a certain contribution to world scientific and technical progress. In some developing countries scientifiC and technical complexes were created whose performance Is comparable with that of research Institutes end design bureaus In Industrially developed countries. Thus. In Malaysia a considerable research was done resulting In a noticeable advance In the selection of rubber plants. Exceptionally successful was the project for making newsprint from deciduous trees In the Philippines. Equally promising Is research and development of a vertical kiln for producing cement carried out In India. 253 It may be presumed that the dependence of the rates of 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the rapid progress in science and technology, specifically in developing countries, and highlights various achievements in research and development. It mentions the growth of industries, automation, and the development of new products. The text also touches on the increasing investment in science and technology, the number of scientists and engineers working on these fields, and the creation of scientific and technological complexes in developing countries.

**Category**
Science and technology, Industry