This Alabama inventor just got a $1 million deal. |
Visionary Alabama inventor Lonnie Johnson is a Mobile native, a Tuskegee University graduate and perhaps the only man lauded by Popular Mechanics as developing a world-changing technology, and earning a place in the Toy Hall of Fame for his Super Soaker water gun.
Now, Innovate Alabama is placing a million-dollar investment in the former NASA engineer and his firm, Johnson Energy Storage, which has spent 25 years researching battery technology.
The investment will help fund the firm's research in all-solid-state batteries, but that's not all. NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and Cleveland Browns All-Pro Myles Garrett are also backing the project. You can read more about Johnson and his work here. |
