Black Inventors
Otis Boykin
By Jay Somerset
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Otis Boykin
(1920–1982)
As the creator of 28 different electronic devices, Otis Boykin symbolizes the modern-day inventor. His electrical resistors are used in home computers, television sets, radios, and guided missiles. He also invented the pacemaker, a medical heart simulator that corrects faulty heartbeats.
