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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Pacemaker Pioneer Wilson Greatbatch Helped Millions Of Hearts
Description: Today in 1919, the birthday of Wilson Greatbatch, who made implantable pacemakers a reality for millions of patients. A pretty big legacy for a guy who considered himself a “humble tinkerer.” Plus: today in 1954, a report on a guy who was supposed to a defend a beer drinking title but first had business to attend to at another bar.
Wilson Greatbatch (National Science and Technology Medals Foundation)
Miscellany, Sep. 6, 1954 (TIME)
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