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Bull’s-Eye! Super Soaker Inventor Scores Huge Payday – Yahoo Finance (blog)


Yahoo Finance (blog)

Bull's-Eye! Super Soaker Inventor Scores Huge Payday
Yahoo Finance (blog)
It's been nearly 25 years since former NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson first licensed the water gun toy that became the iconic Super Soaker. On Wednesday, the inventor soaked Hasbro (HAS) in arbitration, reportedly receiving $ 72.9 million worth of sales 
Super Soaker creator awarded $ 72.9M from HasbroAtlanta Journal Constitution
From the Who-Woulda-Thunk-It File: NASA-Caliber Nuclear Engineer Wins $ 73 Core77.com (blog)

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Dive! Dive! Dive!: Teen Inventor Successfully Tests Homemade Submarine – Yahoo! News (blog)

Dive! Dive! Dive!: Teen Inventor Successfully Tests Homemade Submarine
Yahoo! News (blog)
Most hardworking teenagers play sports and complete their homework after school. Justin Beckerman, 18, does all that and builds machines. His latest creation? A fully-submersible, one-man submarine he made with $ 2,000 worth of materials from the

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Inventor And Engineer Elijah McCoy Born On This Day In 1844 – News One

Inventor And Engineer Elijah McCoy Born On This Day In 1844
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The popular phrase “the real McCoy” has been tied to Canadian-American inventor and engineer Elijah McCoy and one of his many innovative inventions in the steam engine industry. While the expression has been debated endlessly by scholars, what

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Geneticist and Inventor Steven Henikoff Named AAAS Fellow – Outcome Magazine (blog)


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Geneticist and Inventor Steven Henikoff Named AAAS Fellow
Outcome Magazine (blog)
11/30/2012 Steven Henikoff, Ph.D., a geneticist, biologist and inventor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. Election as a Fellow is an honor

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Inventor gets inspiration from unusual places – Napa Valley Register

Inventor gets inspiration from unusual places
Napa Valley Register
“If I had the resources to manufacture my inventions it would be no problem.” Whitney had the names of his children tattooed on various parts of his body. “My kids see how hard I work, and they see that when we work hard we have money to buy things and

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Inventor of battery that powers high-tech items dies – The Seattle Times


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Inventor of battery that powers high-tech items dies
The Seattle Times
Ovshinsky, who never went to college yet transformed the alternative energy, information and automotive industries with his inventions, died of prostate cancer Wednesday at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., according to his son Harvey. He was 89.
Stanford Ovshinsky, innovative designer of energy-conversion devices, dies at 89Washington Post
Hybrid car battery inventor Ovshinsky dead at 89Fox News
Stanford Ovshinsky, noted inventor, dies at 89Hometownlife.com
GlobalPost –Michigan Radio
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