Dr. Johnson and Mike McQuary on “Stories We Love” Podcast
Karen Lorre interviews JTEC founder Dr. Lonnie Johnson and CEO Mike McQuary for her “Stories We Love” Podcast.
Dr. Johnson Speaks at SXSW Panel on Diversity
Article by Neal Augenstein for WTOP News. Read original article here. Super Soaker inventor: ‘Put it on the table and let it stand on its merit’ It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why generations love the Super Soaker line of water guns. “I’ve been accused of being a rocket scientist,” laughs Lonnie […]
Everyday Things Created By Black Inventors
By Dora Mekouar for Voice of America. The folding chair, gas mask, traffic signal, automatic elevator doors, potato chips and the Super Soaker childrens’s water gun toy were all invented by Black innovators. From the three-light traffic signal, refrigerated trucks, automatic elevator doors, color monitors for desktop computers, to the shape of the modern […]
Dr. Johnson Featured on Fox & Friends
Dr. Johnson, the SuperSoaker, and his work at JTEC Energy and JES were featured on Fox & Friends on Feb. 18, 2022: Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Atlanta Magazine Names JTEC Founder Lonnie G. Johnson a “Legend”
Atlanta Magazine’s Feb. 10, 2022 issue lists “Atlanta’s 500 Most Powerful Leaders in 2022,” and includes Dr. Johnson in its list of Legends. Read the full article here. Legends Lonnie G. Johnson Johnson earned his master’s degree in nuclear engineering from Tuskegee University and went on to work for the U.S. Air Force and the NASA […]
Inventions by Black Americans That Make Life Better: Leisure and Recreation
Excerpted from an article by Michelle Dillon for the Jacksonville Progress 2/13/22. Read the full article here. People enjoy their pastimes and many of those pastimes include fun and games. In this installment of our series about inventions by Black Americans, we’ll review a few contributions that make leisure time more enjoyable. For many children, […]
8 Amazing Black Scientists and How They Changed History
Excerpted from an article by Monica Cull in Discover Magazine 2/8/22. Read the full article here. Lonnie Johnson NASA engineer and inventor Lonnie Johnson is the father of some of our favorite toys, plus dozens of other patents. All of you ’90s kids who grew up playing with Nerf guns and Super Soakers have Johnson to […]
National Inventors Hall of Fame Honors Dr. Lonnie Johnson
The National Inventors Hall of Fame honors JTEC Energy founder Dr. Lonnie Johnson:
The Super Soaker was Invented by a NASA Nuclear Engineer Working on His Hobby in the Bathroom
Article by Rain Noe for Core77.com published 2/8/22 In 1982, nuclear engineer Lonnie Johnson was working for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During the day, he was figuring out how to power the Galileo spacecraft; at night he was working on a hobby project, developing an environmentally-friendly, Freon-free heat pump. For the heat pump experiments, Johnson […]
Dr. Lonnie Johnson Serving on Council for Inclusive Innovation
From Inventors Digest, December 1, 2021 Your USPTO: NEWS FLASH – New Energy for Inclusion When it comes to building a stronger U.S. IP system, a greater diversity of participants is paramount. Now that mission has a new energy, with a new leader. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo chairs Council for Inclusive Innovation “Inclusive” is the […]