Monday, December 28, 2020

Inventor of the Super Soaker Water Gun ---Lonnie George Johnson

dopl3r.com - Memes - October 61949 _ Engineer author and inventor of the  Super Soaker water gun Lonnie Johnson was born. He is 68 today

 Lonnie George Johnson 

(born October 6, 1949)

 

Early life and education

Johnson was born in Mobile, Alabama.[3] His father was a World War II veteran and his mother worked as a nurse's aide.

 He stated that he had "liked to tinker with things" from an early age when his father explained to him the basic principles of electricity.[4]

In his teenage years, Johnson attended the all-black Williamson High School in Mobile.[5] He drew much of his inspiration from George Washington Carver.[6] 

 In 1968, Johnson represented his high school in the Alabama science fair. He was the only black student in the fair at a time when African Americans did not have much presence in science.[4] 

He created a robot he named "Linex", which was a compressed-air powered robot and took home first prize.[4]

 

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