What does the Super Soaker water gun have to do with new innovative batteries? A lot, it turns out.
The proceeds of the massively successful water toy have been helping a new type of battery get to market.
Inventor Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer by training, has spent decades developing new technologies like an advanced heat engine and nuclear power for space craft while he was at NASA. He’s now working on a safer and better performing battery that, if successful, could create a new way to store energy for mobile devices, off-grid oil fields, and electric cars.
Johnson plans to bring his new battery to market in under a year if he can line up the right partners and funding.
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