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Lonnie G. Johnson

Lonnie G. Johnson. By Sky . Science. Birth. He was born October 6, 1949. In Mobile, Alabama. Early years. He attended W.H. Council Elementary School and Williamson High School in Mobile, Alabama.

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Lonnie G. Johnson

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  1. Lonnie G. Johnson By Sky Science

  2. Birth • He was born October 6, 1949. • In Mobile, Alabama.

  3. Early years • He attended W.H. Council Elementary School and Williamson High School in Mobile, Alabama. At the age of 18 (as a senior in high school), Lonnie won first place in a national Science competition at the University of Alabama for his invention of a remote controlled robot, called “Linex”, which he made from junkyard scraps.

  4. Later years accomplishments • Johnson’s resume boasts work with the US Air Force and NASA (including work on the Galileo Jupiter probe and Mars observer project), a nomination for astronaut training and more than 40 patents, but its for a squirt gun that he’s best known. Johnson conceived of a novelty water gun powered by air pressure in 1982 when he conducted an experiment at home on a heat pump that used water instead of Freon. This experimentation, which resulted in Johnson shooting a stream of water across his bathroom into the tub, led directly to the development of the Power Drencher, the precursor to the Super Soaker. • Lonnie G. Johnson now has his own company Johnson Research and Development, and continues to do work for NASA.

  5. What interests me the most: • What interests me the most about him was that he made a really big success on his inventions and his many accomplishments in life because of his interests/love of science.

  6. Pictures

  7. Credits • www.google • www.yahoo.com • www.johnsonrd.com • www.black-inventor.com

  8. THEEND!!!!

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