Mother Died Of Heart Failure, Son Invented Pacemaker The incredible story of Otis Boykin - Black inventor whose mother died of heart failure when he was 1, inspiring him to create resistors that revolutionized electronics and the pacemaker control unit that saves millions of lives. From scholarship student to IBM computers to saving President Eisenhower, discover how one man's tragedy became the world's triumph. #OtisBoykin #BlackInventor #Pacemaker #Electronics #IBM #Resistor #HeartFailure #Pre

African American Inventor, Otis Boykin, patented the Electrical Resistor on February 02,1956. U.S. Patent No. 2,972,726 He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker). He began his career as a laboratory assistant testing automatic controls for aircraft. One of Boykin's first achievements was a type of resistor used in computers, radios, t