Learn more about Dr. Lonnie Johnson’s ... “I’ve been an inventor, I think, for all my life,” Johnson says. “Ever since I was a small kid, I used to tinker and make little toys and ...

As those lucky kids battled blocky 8-bit digital ... but you might not know it was invented by an aerospace engineer named Lonnie Johnson whose career included working on stealth technology ...

"Being an independent inventor is tough," Johnson said ... He said he wanted to be in a program with "Dr. Lonnie." "It's great to see these kids be able to meet engineers like him who are ...

Lonnie Johnson, 67, invented one of the most successful toys ... spent $1 million in TV advertising and shipped planes with a design flaw. A kid would take the plane out of the box, and it would ...

Johnson is an African-American NASA aerospace engineer who invented a popular kids' toy, the "Super Soaker ... "We're not just talking about Lonnie with his toy, but we're also talking about ...

It was the star of every kid's summer arsenal in the '90s, but the Super Soaker almost never made it further than a Pasadena bathroom. We ask inventor Lonnie Johnson how perseverance paid off.

Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker ... He may have nearly burned his house down as a kid and, yes, he was pulled over by police in his self-made go-cart but experiments like those ...

If you ask Lonnie Johnson ... of an independent inventor who refused to quit. I’ve spent my career championing independent inventors who dare to dream big, and Dr. Johnson’s story tops ...

Forty years after the release of the groundbreaking and shelf-clearing Super Soaker, engineer Lonnie Johnson talks about pushing the boundaries of energy sourcing on "Faces of Change." Many know ...

Dr. Lonnie Johnson might be one of the most brilliant inventors of our time ... “When I was a kid, I always wanted to make a better toy, something I enjoyed playing with,” he remembers.