Dr. Joseph Jackson — Programmable TV Remote — Never Forget Black Innovation Archive Edition T-Shirt | Buillth
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★★★★★ EVERY PIECE TELLS A TRUE STORY
Built to Be Worn
100% Ring-Spun Cotton — Softer and stronger than standard cotton. Pre-shrunk for a consistent fit, wash after wash.
Heavyweight 4.5 oz Fabric — Breathable and built to last. Comfortable enough for all-day wear, substantial enough to hold the print for years.
Unisex True-to-Size Fit — A relaxed silhouette that works across body types. Wear it how you want. The history stays the same.
The Construction
Double-Needle Stitching — Reinforced at the shoulder, armhole, neck, waistband, and sleeves. The same places a garment fails first. We built those points to outlast the rest.
Seamless Collar — Quarter-turned construction. Holds its shape over time. No center crease. No shortcuts.
Tear-Away Label — Clean inside and out. Remove it. Nothing left behind but the work.
Stand Behind the Work
30-Day Returns — If it's not right, we'll make it right. No forms. No friction. No questions.
Printed in the USA — Every domestic order printed and fulfilled on American soil.
Dr. Joseph Jackson was a Black inventor and engineer who built the technology behind every remote control, every DVR, every programmable receiver ever made. Every couch. Every channel. Every skipped ad. His invention is everywhere. His name is almost nowhere.
Now you know. Wear that.
The Buillth TV Remote tee is part of the Never Forget collection — wearable archives honoring the Black inventors who built the modern world and never got the credit.
The design: Full museum archive poster. Programmable receiver schematics, signal encoding diagrams, infrared transmission blueprints — the technical record of a Black inventor's most important work, presented as the historical document it deserves to be.
Wear it. They'll ask. Then you tell them.
The shirt: Heavyweight unisex tee. 100% ring-spun cotton. Soft enough to live in, bold enough to start a conversation. Tear-away label. Runs true to size.
Dr. Joseph Jackson — The Short Version
Dr. Joseph Jackson was a Black inventor and engineer who invented the programmable receiver — the foundational technology behind every VCR, DVR, TiVo, and smart TV remote controller ever made. Every time someone changes a channel, skips an ad, or pauses a stream from across the room, they're using a technology trail that leads directly back to his work. His name is in almost none of the devices that carry it.
→ Read the full story of Dr. Joseph Jackson on the Buillth inventor page.
