Who made one small step for men and one giant leap for African Americans. Of course it is the one and only Otis Boykin. Otis Boykin made a big improvement in technology in a couple different ways. One improvement he made was that he made devises safer. One example of this in the article “The Black Inventor On-line Museum” is, “ A resistor is an electronic component that shows the flow of an electrical current. This is necessary to prevent too much electricity from passing through a component that Is necessary or safe.” It also said that that Boykin's resistor let specific amounts of electricity to run through for a specific reason and can be used in radios and televisions. Otis created a big deal for his time period because he used some colored creativity! Another …show more content…
The risk of a pacemaker is awfully high, you might end up with a heart attack , sudden death, or any brutal heart disease. With Otis Boykin's control unit people did not have to stand too close to the hospital now that they know that there is less chance of the pacemaker giving up on you. A pacemaker keeps lives living longer with huge risks. A second improvement he made was that he helped keep lives living longer by using technology. An example of this in the article, “ Black History 365” is, “ Boykin's invention allowed the pacemaker to be more precisely regulated an thus, safer to use, install and manage.”This means that Otis Boykin made there be less of a chance of people dying from their heart stopping. A pacemaker keeps lives living longer with huge risks. Even without the actual product Otis Boykin's control unit for this product lowered the risk, and kept lives living longer, loving longer, and laughing longer. This whole heart man