Otis Boykin, born August 29, 1920 in Dallas, Texas, invented the electrical resistor, a small, unassuming piece of equipment that revolutionized electronics. His invention vastly improved the pacemaker, which uses electrical impulses to maintain a regular heartbeat. His mother passed away when he was one year old, and that is probably the impetus for his life's work.
He passed away in March 1982 in Chicago, Illinois.
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