Dr. Joseph Jackson — Programmable TV Remote — We Built That 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.
Every time you change a channel, skip an ad, pause a stream, or program a DVR without leaving the couch — you're using technology built on the work of Dr. Joseph Jackson, a Black inventor and engineer most people have never heard of. He invented the programmable receiver — the foundation of every remote control ever made.
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 the invention that put every viewer in control of their screen, laid out like a classified document. This isn't a graphic tee. It's a record.
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.
