The father of the super soaker fought more than water gun battles in his successful engineering career. Lonnie Johnson grew up in Mobile as integration began to sweep Alabama.
The father of the super soaker fought more than water gun battles in his successful engineering career. Lonnie Johnson grew up in Mobile as integration began to sweep Alabama.
William Kremer interviewed Lonnie about racial barriers, the invention of the Super Soaker, and his new ceramic battery technology.
Richard Hooper of the BBC interviewed Lonnie on the radio about his childhood, his inventions, and his work on energy technology.
NASA genius Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker back in 1982.
Super Soaker inventor Dr. Lonnie Johnson was recently featured on CNN’s Great Big Story podcast.
Lonnie Johnson wants to make your batteries more efficient and your solar power more powerful.
The story of how Lonnie Johnson, an African-American inventor just inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame, beat the odds to create a water gun with seriously fun firepower.
Atlanta-based Johnson Battery Technologies has made strides in its battery development work, specifically in terms of being able to create batteries that function well even at high temperatures. The batteries are also designed to be non-explosive.
The inventor, from a poor family in the segregated South, also made a fortune.
Engineer Lonnie Johnson plans to bring his new battery to market in under a year if he can line up the right partners and funding.
Lonnie Johnson is an American inventor and engineer, best known for inventing the Super Soaker water gun. He is the CEO and Founder at Johnson Reseach & Development and CEO of Johnson Battery Technology.