Let's play 'what are they famous for?' First, Alexander Graham Bell. How about, Thomas Alva Edison.
And lastly, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. How did you do?
Ok, now what about John Shepherd-Baron?
Well, he was a British inventor born in 1925. He pioneered the development of the cash machine, sometimes referred to as the automated teller machine, that's right, the ATM.
As you probably heard, the ATM was 50 years old last Tuesday. It was the first in the world and the very first one was (and...
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