Wilson Greatbatch grabbed the wrong resistor out of a box while trying to build an oscillator to record the heartbeat sounds of animals. When he turned it on, it produced a signal that mimicked the human heartbeat. Thus, the implantable pacemaker was created! #12DaysOfInventions

divspaces's tweet image. Wilson Greatbatch grabbed the wrong resistor out of a box while trying to build an oscillator to record the heartbeat sounds of animals. When he turned it on, it produced a signal that mimicked the human heartbeat. Thus, the implantable pacemaker was created! #12DaysOfInventions

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