JTEC Energy is proud to announce that our founder, Dr. Lonnie Johnson, is being inducted this week into the National Inventors Hall of Fame: April 26, 2022 Press Release from the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Read full release here. NORTH CANTON, OH — Five innovation pioneers whose inventions range from cataract surgery to the…
Excerpted from an article by MAIJA EHLINGER for Hypepotamus. Read the full article here. Earth Day started in the 1970s as a way to bring awareness to environmental science and conservation efforts. But as businesses and individuals search for more green alternatives, awareness is no longer enough, says Venkatesh Kini, co-founder at Ubuntoo. “Too often, companies get credit…
By Zach Armstrong for Atlanta Inno – read full article here. JTEC Energy Inc. Founder Lonnie Johnson, left, and President and CEO Michael McQuary. Photo: Byron E. Small Lonnie Johnson, former NASA engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker children’s toy, is one step closer to commercializing a new source of renewable energy. Johnson…
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…
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…
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…