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Posted by Why The Fake photo

- December 10, 2025, 19:25:52

The photo captioned as "Lonnie Johnson" is not him. Whether this act of discrimination is explicit racism or lazy ignorance is inconsequential to the end result.

While he doesn't have a media kit on his website, there is contact information so you should be able to get a correct photo. His website is literally his name dot com.

Don't contribute to misinformation or racism.

Posted by Whitewashing R Us

- December 09, 2025, 18:27:36

even i know inventor of supersoaker was black, he's very famous, but instead you AI slopped in a generic white gepetto looking character. just embarrassingly low effort

Posted by asdfsdaf

- December 09, 2025, 16:42:05

That AI picture in the article is an aberration... You could have at least looked for a photo of the inventor mentioned in the article.

Posted by Redaktion

- December 09, 2025, 16:19:53

Lonnie Johnson, best known as the inventor of the Super Soaker, has introduced JTEC – a new technology that converts heat into electricity with minimal energy loss. Using hydrogen in a closed loop, the system could tap into underused energy sources such as industrial waste heat or geothermal heat.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Heat-instead-of-water-Super-Soaker-inventor-reveals-his-latest-creation.1181404.0.html