Earl E. Bakken, Pacemaker Inventor and Medtronic Founder, Dies at 94 Starting in a garage, where he invented the battery-powered pacemaker, he and a brother-in-law created the world’s largest medical device company. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Dinosaur fossil discovery shows first flying fearsome beast… was more like a PHEASANTSpaceX launch date: When is Elon Musk sending his BFR rocket to Mars?Feature: Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out?How deadly are super volcano eruptions? Scientists say humans can SURVIVE mega blastElon Musk: Get to Mars before Word War 3 wipes us out!Yellowstone virus WARNING: Super volcano mutant virus strand can survive EXTREME heats