Scientist of the week! 🥼 👀 Otis Boykin!… Boykin invented electrical components. He devised designs for resistors and capacitors meant for mass production. Through his work at CTS Corp., Boykin’s resistors would be found in the cutting-edge technology of the time: guided missile systems, IBM computers, and the first implantable pacemakers. During Boykin’s tenure at CTS, the company collaborated with Greatbatch, where they adopted Boykin’s resistor design for use in the device. The 1968 Pittsburgh Courier article mentions the resistor in its “control unit,” presumably the part of the pacemaker that sets its frequency. Although Boykin is not widely known in the realm of famous scientists the designs of his resistors are still utilized today. #scientist#sciencefacts#blackscientist#blackscience#blackscientists#stemfacts#engineering#inventions#blackinventors#stemactivities#blackhistory#scientist