Vintage & Iconic African American Everything on Instagram: "BEFORE pacemakers became reliable. BEFORE modern electronics worked the way we expect them to. There was Otis Boykin. Boykin was a self-taught Black inventor whose work quietly powers the modern world. He held 26 patents, including a precision resistor that made pacemakers safer and more reliable, and electrical components used in radios, televisions, computers, and military equipment. His designs helped control electrical flow with unp

mindsparksss on Instagram: "They didn't see a barcode scanner as a tool, they saw it as an instrument waiting to be played.🎛️🎼 This experimental setup converts the black-and-white patterns of barcodes into electrical signals that become rhythm, pitch, and tone. Each barcode produces a different sound, and scanning faster or slower changes the tempo in real time, turning motion into music. Built by a Japanese experimental art collective, the project repurposes everyday electronics, from scanner