From squirts to hertz [Lonnie Johnson, inventor].

From squirts to hertz [Lonnie Johnson, inventor].

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With more than 100 awarded and pending patents-for everything from hair-drying rollers to soil moisture meters-Lonnie Johnson is among a small group of African-American inventors whose work accounts for 6 percent of all US patent applications. the young Johnson was known around his neighborhood as &...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 39, 7(duplicate) (2002).
Main Author: Karlin, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African-American inventors.
Excellatron.
Johnson Research and Development.
Lonnie Johnson.
NASA engineer.
SuperSoaker water gun.
Tuskegee Institute.
US patent applications.
Child prodigy.
Community outreach.
Environmentally friendly alternative power generation methods.
Hair-drying rollers.
Inner-city manufacturing plant.
Inventor.
New consumer products.
Pending patents.
Soil moisture meters.
Technology startups.
Toys.