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Beyond Words

Inventing Green: Inventor Profiles

Contemporary inventors in diverse fields are committed to "inventing green." Here are a few of their stories . . .

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.

Workers installing solar panels on a home in Englewood, Colorado, in 2012
Invention Stories

Solar on the Line

"So long as the sun shines, man will be able to develop power in abundance . . ." —Thomas Edison, 1896

Yellow plastic hard hat with solar-powered propeller on top, souvenir from, Knoxville World’s Fair, 1982
Invention Stories

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green features the stories of historic and contemporary inventors whose work on socially-responsible technologies creates profound change for the common good.

New Belgium Brewery's Kim Jordan
Places of Invention

Invention Hot Spot: Campus and City Combine Their Energies for a Greener Planet in Fort Collins, Colorado

Inventors in Fort Collins are tackling environmental problems by creating clean, sustainable alternatives to existing energy sources. Their solutions promise to improve the quality of life for all of us.

Lemelson Lightbulb Graphic Identity
Invention Stories

Eco-City Update: From Idea to Reality

In India and China, eco-cities are offering solutions to a range of challenges, from natural-disaster recovery to the revitalization of established neighborhoods within existing cities.

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Places of Invention

Caofeidian—China's City of the Future or Urban Laboratory?

China declared the eco-city as the country's new urban/industrial strategy.

Photo of Bryan Willson
Beyond Words

Podcast: Inventor and Entrepreneur Bryan Willson Tackles Global-Energy Problems

For innovations at Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, location matters.

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Invention Stories

Notes from the Director: Back to the Eco-Future!

So many of the sustainable environmental technologies of today hold promise but are distinctly futuristic--from nanotechnology-based photovoltaics and engineered biofuels to a full-blown vision of the hydrogen economy.

Invention Stories

Looking for Solutions to World Energy Needs

Could nuclear energy be the answer to the petroleum crisis?

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Archives

Burton-Humphreys Oil Production Collection, ca. 1912-1920

Inventor Name Burton, William and Humphreys, Robert

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Archives

Coal and Gas Trust Investigation Collection, 1858-1929

Inventor Name Unknown

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Archives

Stoves Collection, 1861-1977

Inventor Name Unknown Repository York County Heritage Trust250 E. Market StreetYork, PA 17403717-848-1587http://www.yorkheritage.org/

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Archives

Eugene Houdry Collection, 1938-1996

Inventor Name Houdry, Eugene Repository Chemical Heritage Foundation315 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106215-873-8265http://www.chemheritage.org Physical Description 1 box

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Archives

ExxonMobil Historical Collection, 1790-2004

Inventor Name ExxonMobil

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Archives

Governor's Office (Atiyeh) Adminstrative Correspondence, 1979-1984

Inventor Name Various Repository Oregon State Archives800 Summer Street, NESalem, OR 97310http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us Physical Description 1 file folder

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Brookhaven National Laboratory Archives, 1946-1989

Inventor Name Brookhaven National Laboratory Repository Brookhaven National LaboratoryResearch LibraryUpton, New York 11973http://www.bnl.gov/world/ Physical Description ca. 100 cubic ft.

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Henry Edward Voegeli Graphs and Notes, ca. 1970-

Inventor Name Voegeli, Henry Edward

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Archives

Subhendu Guha Innovative Lives Presentation, 1998

Inventor Name Guha, Subhendu

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Archives

Wadsworth W. Mount Papers, 1920-1984

Inventor Name Mount, Wadsworth

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