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Lonnie Johnson with Super Soaker and Nerf toys
Blog

Meet Lonnie Johnson, the Man Behind the Super Soaker

Get to know engineer Lonnie Johnson, founder and president of Johnson Research and Development Co., who invented the wildly-popular Super Soaker water gun, worked on high-performance Nerf dart guns, and focuses today on inventions related to clean energy.

Razor and shaving cream carried aboard the Apollo 11 mission by astronaut Michael Collins.
Invention Stories

Get that clean, baby-faced look: Razors at the Smithsonian

Whether participating in Movember or No Shave November or just being lazy with the razor, November is all about facial hair. Perhaps coincidentally, November hosts some razor-specific invention anniversaries.

Hang glider invented by Paul MacCready
Beyond Words

Podcast: Paul MacCready's Inventions Do More with Less

Paul MacCready, a pioneer in human and solar powered transportation, talks about inventive creativity and foresees the importance of socially responsible inventing. MacCready passed away on 28 August 2007.

David Gittens in his Ikenga gyroplane
Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: Ikenga—The Revolutionary Gyroplane

Industrial designer David Gittens turned his dreams into reality by designing an improved gyroplane, an aircraft with a rotor powered by wind. The Gyro 2000 Ikenga 530Z is now part of the National Air and Space Museum's collections.

Inventor Akhil Madhani
Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: The Heart of the Falcon: Akhil Madhani

MIT graduate Akhil Madhani developed the Silver Falcon, a robotic arm for doing heart surgery.

Inventor George Carruthers
Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: George Carruthers, Lunar Learning

Astrophysicist George Carruthers got his start building a telescope when he was ten years old. Eventually, astronauts used his invention to take ultraviolet pictures of Earth from space for the first time.

Inventor Hal Walker
Invention Stories

Innovative Lives: Hal Walker, The Coherent Light of Persistence

Hal Walker's life is a lesson in hard work and conviction. "In my experience," he asserts, "an awareness of how things work helps an individual to master events around him."

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Archives

Inventory of the C. L. Sainsbury papers, 1948-1993

Inventor Name Sainsbury, C. L. (Cleo Ladell)

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Archives

Manufacturers Aircraft Association Records, 1843-1979

Inventor Name Unknown

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Archives

Allen Pierce Carter Papers, 1926-2006

Inventor Name Carter, Allen Pierce

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Sperry Corporation Aerospace Division Records, 1948-1975

Inventor Name Unknown

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Adolph F. Herzog Aviation Miscellany, 1938-1945

Inventor Name Herzog, Adolph F.

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Archives

Tape recordings, 1957

Inventor Name Curtiss, Glenn

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Harry Egerton Wimperis fonds, 1907-1941, 1971

Inventor Name Wimperis, Harry Egerton

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Elmer Sperry Records, 1910-1929

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer

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Archives

Hale G. Smith Papers, 1911-1980

Inventor Name Smith, Hale G. Repository Dartmouth College LibraryRauner Special Collections Library6065 Webster HallHanover, NH 03755603-646-0538http://www.dartmouth.edu/~speccoll/

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Papers of Louis-Pierre Mouillard, 1859-1987

Inventor Name Mouillard, Louis-Pierre

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John J. Montgomery Collection

Inventor Name Montgomery, John J. Repository Santa Clara University500 El Camino RealSanta Clara, California 95053-0500408-554-4117http://www.scu.edu/archives

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Jean Felix Piccard Papers, 1932-1952 (bulk 1935-1942)

Inventor Name Piccard, Jean Felix

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Theodore von Kármán papers, 1871-1963

Inventor Name Von Kármán, Theodore Repository California Institute of Technology1200 East California Blvd.Mail Code 015A-74Pasadena, CA 91125626-395-2704http://archives.caltech.edu/

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