by Zadia Robinson https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc en-us 2017-01-06 14:50:09 UTC 2017-01-06 15:15:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Otis Boykin Occupation Inventor Birth Date August 29, 1920 Death Date 1982 Education Fisk College, Illinois Institute of Technology Place of Birth Dallas, Texas Place of Death Chicago, Illinois Synopsis zrobinson1340 https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145696372 2017-01-06 14:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145696372 zrobinson1340 https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145696477 Boykin, who took a special interest in working with resistors, began researching and inventing on his own. He sought and received a patent for a wire precision resistor on June 16, 1959. This resistor would later be used in radios and televisions. Two years later, he created a breakthrough device that could withstand extreme changes in temperature and pressure. The device, which was cheaper and more reliable than others on the market, came in great demand by the United States military for guided missles and IBM for computers.

In 1964, Boykin moved to Paris, creating electronic innovations for a new market of customers. His most famous invention was a control unit for the pacemaker. Ironically, Boykin died in Chicago in 1982 as a result of heart failure. Upon his death, he had 26 patents to his name.

]]> 2017-01-06 14:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145696477 Otis Boykin was born on August 29, 1920, in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Fisk College in 1941 and took a job with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation. He later worked at P. J. Nilsen Research Laboratories. He began to invent products on his own, with some of his noteworthy inventions including a wire precision resistor used in televisions and radios and a control unit for the pacemaker. He died in 1982 of heart failure. zrobinson1340 https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145697292 2017-01-06 14:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145697292 zrobinson1340 https://padlet.com/zrobinson1340/dsxik3t786jc/wish/145697519 www.biography.com/people/otis-boykin-538792

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