{"product_id":"otis-boykin-pacemaker-resistor-we-built-that-t-shirt-buillth","title":"Otis Boykin — Pacemaker Resistor — We Built That T-Shirt | Buillth","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:1px solid #d9d9d9;padding-top:18px;margin:0 0 16px 0;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;width:100%;\"\u003e\n\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#1a1a1a\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M9 18h6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M10 22h4\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M15 14c.2-1 .7-1.7 1.5-2.5A5 5 0 0 0 18 8a6 6 0 0 0-12 0c0 1.7.7 2.8 1.5 3.5.9.8 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.5\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:700;font-size:19px;color:#1a1a1a;\"\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resistor that makes pacemakers reliable enough to put inside a human heart. The component in computers and guided systems worldwide. The invention keeping millions of people alive right now. A Black engineer built it. Now you know. Wear that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Buillth Pacemaker Resistor tee is part of the We Built That collection — wearable archives honoring the Black inventors who built the modern world and never got the credit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe design: Museum-quality archival badge. Resistor coil, heartbeat waveform, circuit diagram — the invention that keeps millions of hearts beating, made wearable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWear it. They'll ask. Then you tell them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOtis Boykin — The Short Version\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOtis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e→ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buillth.com\/pages\/otis-boykin\"\u003eRead the full story of Otis Boykin on the Buillth inventor page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Charcoal \/ S","offer_id":49286841073914,"sku":"17422303522192579841","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy \/ S","offer_id":49286841106682,"sku":"24255299959948987481","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ S","offer_id":49286841139450,"sku":"33774939186516079078","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ S","offer_id":49286841172218,"sku":"10018740806200469055","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Charcoal \/ M","offer_id":49286841204986,"sku":"25705012634405827385","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy \/ M","offer_id":49286841237754,"sku":"23483811746650474013","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ M","offer_id":49286841270522,"sku":"24273663351872972603","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":49286841303290,"sku":"26481958188255229503","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Charcoal \/ L","offer_id":49286841336058,"sku":"14205095266264556913","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ L","offer_id":49286841368826,"sku":"30024410926647745030","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":49286841401594,"sku":"11490263489833665248","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Charcoal \/ XL","offer_id":49286841434362,"sku":"25772476776477121525","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy \/ XL","offer_id":49286841467130,"sku":"17456483565773190074","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ XL","offer_id":49286841499898,"sku":"20564815895789411673","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":49286841532666,"sku":"27603468601675284586","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Charcoal \/ 2XL","offer_id":49286841565434,"sku":"41921887339857398449","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy \/ 2XL","offer_id":49286841598202,"sku":"19801203964569121907","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 2XL","offer_id":49286841630970,"sku":"19663333305470729171","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":49286841663738,"sku":"10412785196137275891","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Charcoal \/ 3XL","offer_id":49286841696506,"sku":"33702396047291631197","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy \/ 3XL","offer_id":49286841729274,"sku":"10689801988752330465","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Charcoal \/ 4XL","offer_id":49286841762042,"sku":"17839231716196150399","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/7666\/7898\/files\/Pacemaker_Resistor_W_Built_T_-_Charcoal.jpg?v=1783920949","url":"https:\/\/buillth.com\/products\/otis-boykin-pacemaker-resistor-we-built-that-t-shirt-buillth","provider":"Buillth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}