Otis Boykin — Pacemaker Resistor — Never Forget Black Excellence T-Shirt | Buillth
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$39.99
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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.
Otis Boykin was a Black inventor whose precision electrical resistors made the pacemaker something you could actually trust inside a human body. His components are used in computers, guided systems, and the device keeping millions of hearts beating right now. He died of heart failure in 1982. The irony is unforgettable.
Now you know. Wear that.
The Buillth Pacemaker Resistor 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: Museum-quality archival badge. Resistor coil, heartbeat waveform, circuit diagram — the invention that keeps millions of hearts beating, made wearable.
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.
Otis Boykin — The Short Version
Otis Boykin was a Black inventor and engineer who developed improved electrical resistors used in pacemakers, computers, and guided missile systems. His pacemaker resistor made the device reliable enough to be implanted in a human heart — directly responsible for keeping millions of people alive today. Boykin himself died of heart failure in 1982, never witnessing the full scale of what his work had saved.
→ Read the full story of Otis Boykin on the Buillth inventor page.
