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James Goodfellow (born 1937) is a Scottish inventor. In 1966, he patented personal identification number (PIN) technology and an automated teller machine (ATM). [1] [2] He is generally considered the inventor of the modern ATM. [3] [4] Goodfellow was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, [3] where he later attended St Mirin's Academy. [5]
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.
Scottish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques either partially or entirely invented, innovated, or discovered by a person born in or descended from Scotland. In some cases, an invention's Scottishness is determined by the fact that it came into existence in Scotland (e.g., animal cloning ), by non-Scots working in the ...
James Goodfellow (born 1937), Scottish inventor James Goodfellow (cricketer) (1850–1924), Australian cricketer Jimmy Goodfellow (1943–2020), English footballer and manager
Invented the Box Kite (1893), greatly improving lift to drag ratio. Reached lift of 16 feet under a train of four of his box kites (1894). Invented a rotary engine (1889), which was much used in early aviation. Augustus Moore Herring: 3 Aug 1867 17 Jul 1926 United States: Design Construction Glider Propeller
Herbert Goodfellow (son of Fred Goodfellow) (1916-1997), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s; Ian Goodfellow, American computer scientist, engineer, and researcher; James Goodfellow (born 1937), Scottish inventor; Jimmy Goodfellow (born 1943), former English professional footballer and manager
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron was born on 23 June 1925 in Shillong (now Meghalaya), India, to British parents.His Scottish father, Wilfred Shepherd-Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners in North Bengal, which was then part of the British Empire, then later Chief Engineer of the Port of London Authority, before becoming president of the Institution of Civil Engineers ...
Ian J. Goodfellow (born 1987 [1]) is an American computer scientist, engineer, and executive, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning.He is a research scientist at Google DeepMind, [2] was previously employed as a research scientist at Google Brain and director of machine learning at Apple as well as one of the first employees at OpenAI, and has made several ...