But, have you ever wondered who was the mastermind behind it? Lonnie Johnson is regarded as the inventor of the super soaker which is a revamped design of the water gun replacing the water in the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Lonnie Johnson: I'm Lonnie Johnson. I'm an inventor. The invention that most people know me for is the Super Soaker water gun. I knew the gun worked well ...

Dr. Lonnie G. Johnson is a former NASA engineer and founder of Johnson Research & Development Co. He is best known as the inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun, which became one of the most ...

Johnson sums it up in a single word: "persevere." "You tell Lonnie it can't get done and Lonnie will make sure it gets done," said James Howard, executive director of the Black Inventors Hall of ...