The black man that invented the Super Soaker is back with another game changer

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Visionary Alabama inventor Lonnie Johnson may have the ‘gamechanger’ in battery technology

An Alabama success story may be close to the payoff of 25 years of largely self-funded, lone wolf research.

Forbes is reporting that Lonnie Johnson has a prototype manufacturing line already underway for a “gamechanger” all-solid-state battery that he says is safer, more powerful and cheaper to produce. This could open the way for electric vehicles that drive farther on charges, and electric grids that can store power more efficiently.
Johnson has largely worked with his own money, but has been helped along the way with $15 million in investments - $10 million more than his goal - including $1 million from Innovate Alabama last year.

He has also worked with Tuskegee University, home of the Dr. Lonnie Johnson Technology Research & Incubation Center. The school has also served as a professional pipeline for Johnson’s lab.

“We’re eager to get this out so people can compare and realize the real benefits,” Johnson said. “It’s not only superior technology—it’s cheaper to manufacture.”
 

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Johnson has largely worked with his own money, but has been helped along the way with $15 million in investments - $10 million more than his goal - including $1 million from Innovate Alabama last year.


*imagine a reverse movement where instead of boycotts, we invested financially en masse for people/projects like this. We could create dozens of Fortune 500 companies within a matter of years.
 

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Johnson has largely worked with his own money, but has been helped along the way with $15 million in investments - $10 million more than his goal - including $1 million from Innovate Alabama last year.


*imagine a reverse movement where instead of boycotts, we invested financially en masse for people/projects like this. We could create dozens of Fortune 500 companies within a matter of years.
Instead we walking around Target bothering each other for being in there
 

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Salute this man for giving women with good poosay something to compare it to. :ehh:
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Johnson has largely worked with his own money, but has been helped along the way with $15 million in investments - $10 million more than his goal - including $1 million from Innovate Alabama last year.


*imagine a reverse movement where instead of boycotts, we invested financially en masse for people/projects like this. We could create dozens of Fortune 500 companies within a matter of years.

I love the idea
 
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