Tech's Day 28 in Black History: Is this the end?

Ah, it is the last day of Black History Month. It has been a joy and a pleasure to bring some things that you may have known or not have known.  Every year I am excited to find the impact that African American's have had on the world of technology.

Like Otis Boykin.  An inventor born in 1920 in Dallas Texas who was known for his electrical resistor.  As a graduate of Fisk University he made over a dozen inventions, but it was his resistor that cold control the flow of currents and power distribution that made him famous. In the mid 50's he improved his resistor which was used by IBM in some of their Computers and by the military in their guided missiles! 

Besides his resistor he is also known for the circuit improvements and control unit he made on the Pacemaker.  Some say he was moved to do so since his mother died when he was only one years old. Even so, he himself died of heart failure in 1982.

Boykin started his own company, Boykin-Fruth inc a firm that would collaborate on many projects  Boykin is also said to have held around 26-28 patents.  He also invented the burglar-proof cash register and a chemical air filter.


So, is this the end?  Of course not, Tech is going to bring you blog entries at least weekly; Lord willing.  And Black History isn't just for one month it should be year round, it is history!

Join Tech next time as he goes back to comics and discuss the different ways DC and Marvel has brought more diversity to their comics.  Who had the best idea?