Meet Lanny Smoot, the inventor with over 100 patents

The National Inventors Hall of Fame inducted their class of 2024 this year, honoring living and historical pioneers in science. Among them are patent holders in areas like biotech, agriculture, and magic - or the means to magical moments. Meet Lanny Smoot, the inventor of over 100 patents whose boundless sense of wonder fuels his creations.
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[@BrianLockett]

He'd so be the grandpa whose house I'd never want to leave.

[@musashi-san____1409]

He should be inducted into The National Treasure Hall of Fame.

[@TheSkyHive]

This man is responsible for bringing joy and wonder to millions around the world.

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

#peace with a Big-B; not the little 1🤣

[@lifecoachthirl]

This story makes my heart smile. "Get it out of your head and into the world!" Lanny Smoot. ❤ It's definitely the confirmation I needed ☺️🥰

[@BlueSkyedCountry]

I think we should have a movie about his legacy titled the Beautiful mind of an inventor.

[@sandrairvin3515]

Another inventor we should have heard about, Respect!!

[@JamesL-pk9ct]

Im glad to see someone that looks like me creating awesome stuff.

[@autofocus4556]

Maybe open a history book next time.

[@ninastone9054]

​@@autofocus4556 You must not live in America where they never were in books, and now that they are...the books are being banned.

[@INeedABlessingNow]

Mr Smoot is an amazing genius who clearly didn't allow his humble beginning to halt his dreams. He is very inspirational.

[@michaelrainey9668]

Congratulations to our dear brother.

[@johnw.peterson4311]

This gentleman is pure genius. Wow.

[@graceanthony]

The world is honoured to have fascinating minds like Lanny Smoot. Thank You God for such gifted people.

[@mjb6839]

amen! 🙏🏾

[@calicoesblue4703]

Wow, beautifully said Sister.

[@SeeBeyond_870]

HalleLuYah Halle Lu Yah look up Yah.

[@SeeBeyond_870]

​@@mjb6839Amen or Amun?

[@tvm73836]

As an Indian teacher this is a story I am going to read to my children. This gentleman is the real deal! Here is an example of how the application of science and technology can lift an individual, family and whole country to a whole new level

[@jacquetthompson9764]

The most beautiful thing is how he credits his father, whose presence & engagement helped to spark his love for invention. For all you fathers out there that proof positive that your presence & engagement matters. Don't be a deadbeat.

[@kingmaafa120]

💯 want I continually to the Blk community

[@reallife0728]

THANK YOU MR. SMOOT FOR MAKING LIFE BETTER & YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY!!!!

[@CJones-pf3zf]

Absolutely incredible! Well deserved Mr. SMOOT!!!

[@jakemoeller7850]

Well-deserved induction, Mr. Smoot! 😃

[@keoni130]

Thank you Mr. Lanny Smoot to being the force behind creating magical "light saber" experience for millions of us! So happy you are celebrated among many other things like Omni floor. Congratulations sir on being in the Inventors' Hall of Fame!

[@TheAccidentalViking]

I love this. I have a kid who has this spark and he's a problem solver. He's been working at our local university electronics laboratory and doing a great deal of technical work. I'd love to see him able to work with his creative and fantasy side.

[@TheSkyHive]

You should get together with your kid an pen an old fashioned letter to Larry.....this could give your child something to focus on.

[@TheAccidentalViking]

@@TheSkyHive He'll be finishing his trade certificate this summer and is looking to find a job to apply it. He's been particularly interested in developing smart prosthetics.

[@roselynholloway7863]

@@TheAccidentalVikingwhat trade is he studying

[@TheAccidentalViking]

@@roselynholloway7863 electronics production and programming.

[@valeriediggins8948]

Y.E.S .!! Saw this tis morning! 100 patents-AMAZING ❤❤

[@lmacdonald1281]

We are limitless if we treat the world and each other with respect.

[@FATillery]

Indeed, my friend. Indeed.

[@lelestw9571]

They love to keep our talents hidden, but I'm glad someone recognized him for the world to know

[@cassyfromgarry]

I used to work in a Patent office and all I used say all day long was now why the hell dident I think of that.😅.Fair play to this Guy.

[@chubbydiaries1125]

Proud of you sir

[@neanam]

Thanks mane

[@janices6140]

Get it out of your head into the world. I needed to hear that. I'm a writer. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@calicoesblue4703]

I want that Floor. Congratulations sir.

[@jamesmsalilwa8733]

God bless you brother!

[@ladycountdown]

Wow! The floor is amazing!!!

[@ATLIEN333]

👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 and never knew his story. I am now so glad and will share this story. Thank you

[@sirjamesjemo3390]

We give thanks.

[@klomax7089]

What an amazing human!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@monicat.4880]

THANK YOU❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@saammahakala]

3:12 Make a hospital bed with that technology so patients don't have to develop bed sores due to lazy or overworked health professionals.

[@moco3624]

I second that

[@Victor_James68]

Whoa.. you might into something here. 👍

[@saammahakala]

@Victor_James68 Yeah, I got trillion dollar ideas, but I just can't help hating the concept of money, competition, and egotism. If I'd been Akhenaten in a former life, that would explain my lack of desire for participating in this world with its current level of ignorance and fear. Jack Fresco's Venus Project would be awesome, but only if there were no selfish characters involved seeking to stand out amongst everyone else as if they were the end-all, be-all of humankind.

[@victorblanco1353]

I’m from Brownsville!!! This is so inspirational

[@olliwest7341]

I have to get offline.... This brought tears to my eyes and I don't know why. Respect to you Mr. Smoot 🙏🏾

[@Shinobi33]

That floor is awesome. I could also swing in that door all day.

[@comeagyn]

The induction was overdue!! 🎉🎊🏆💐💐👏

[@lostinmuzak]

A must for all school children from US and all over the world to visit. Let them see that all people, white black or brown, are so smart - not just the white Europeans.

[@sks7438]

This is why some politicians want to ban books and certain information from children. Greatness comes in all colors.

[@everythingiseverything6826]

Thank you. Mr. Smoot! Your induction is Greatly important, your Mind and Soul are Infinitely Valuable! 🙌🏾🙏🏾😇❣️❣️❣️

[@allthingsnu4673]

I smiled the entire time I watched this video. Lanny Smoot is an amazing human being who God blessed with a brilliant mind, wonderful parents, and a dream career.

[@_garebear]

I love this man. He give me hope in the world.

[@victoriaallen3753]

Love this story.❤

[@mulemule]

*Great inventors are the **_real-life_** wizards of childhood. Bless this man and his peers.*

[@thomasblasczak868]

Lanny Smoot, for some reason, is describing the Disney magic that I haven't seen in a long time.

[@projectcontractors]

What a difference to be raised with a caring father in the house.

[@roberthevern6169]

Well done Mr Smoot! As I reside in Idaho, it was rewarding to see Philo T Farnsworth name on the wall!

[@anthonywilliams3822]

Very inspiring, Mr. Smoot!

[@angelikalindenau943]

What a thrill life is for him every day again! Can't see him planning for retirement 😊

[@nca4794]

An American hero! Congratulations Sir on your achievements and thank you for all your contributions to humanity.🎉🙏🏾❤️

[@blacksoldier.]

Black hero.

[@kpire6066]

Well deserved! 🎉

[@alanmcmillan6969]

A Great guy! Open the world.

[@mustafaa965]

A Black Man...let that sink in! Thanks CBS! The light saber...Star Wars.

[@marlenepalmer8384]

Black excellence at its finest!!

[@Brysonaquatics]

Let be normal not a surprise that a black man has a good job and is successful

[@chrisbullock6477]

You just blew every nerds mind.

[@ramakrishnashalom9004]

As a black man and a Star Wars fan I had no ideal that this black genius was behind the light saber. Amazing but not surprised because their are many inventions done by black people that are hidden. By the way the Jedi were real people in history who had the " force" of the Jedidiah bloodline in the bible but they were also called prophets. Makes sense didn't Moses have the force. Didn't Jesus have the force. They all were black as well.

[@CamKingHaymare]

Lol 🤣😂🤣

[@erictaylor3897]

I think every VR headset needs that floor, I couldn't go without it.

[@jamesdooling4139]

I need to leave this man my notebooks.

[@JayJohn-fd7qw]

Dam my man said Brownsville Brooklyn he came a long way dam

[@marytheresejacksonlutz2533]

Just incredible! What a fantastic story.

[@busterbrown446]

Fantastic and well deserved. Congratulations, Mr. Smoot. Cool name, too!

[@toxicblackman]

Salute to this man and his colleague. They embody what Disney should be not what it Is now.

[@brandontravis7048]

So inspiring I know that the good people in this world don’t get a lot of recognition, but good is out there

[@gailrivers9784]

Such a Genius

[@kevinreese8224]

Peace and blessings Elder 🙏🏽

[@JacquelineDavis]

❤ stories like this!

[@user-zq8to3zr5y]

Congratulations Mr. Smoot.

[@matriarchfacilitator]

What an Amazing man and story. Thank you Mr. Smoot and to you all that aired this piece.

[@chubby_artist]

Such a genius and what a wonderful friendship he has with Alfredo! I inspire to have a friendship and a brain like these two gentlemen!

[@LydellAaron]

Inspiring! How do you stay inspired to invent something in a world where innovation comes at such a rapid rate, and with such inspiring persistent people like Lanny?

[@Jwall216]

I love this

[@robinjacksonbutler]

Great!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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[@papadre70]

Imhotep would be proud.

[@amikaadamsthe1stlive]

Congratulations from one black Inventor to another 👏 🙌 ❤️

[@linkpeters5990]

Very inspirational

[@Uplift2023]

Brilliance at it's finest.

[@TeachAManToAngle]

Forwarded this to my kids. Good inspiration for them on several levels.

[@nlp6082]

Inspiring, Mr. Smoot ❤‼️

[@AnnCaldwellSC]

A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head. - Barbara Streisand

[@mikerusso4169]

Here's an interesting piece of trivia: the Mass Ave. bridge that connects the Back Bay of Boston to MIT is measured in Smoots. According to legend, someone named Smoot was laid end to end on the bridge, making him a unit of measure. Wonder if that Smoot is related to Lanny Smoot. Hmm...

[@tianzhou1244]

No that dude is white, Oliver Smoot

[@michaelvaladez6570]

What's not to like..such a excellent quote...get it out of your head and bring it into the world !!!!

[@kemyattacromer2515]

Lanny Smoot🌹Bravo

[@sks7438]

Congratulations!

[@bonniepeele1504]

FASCINATING 👍👏👏👏👏🙏🙋

[@hoodtohollywood]

Well deserved!

[@vmgarner09]

Thank you for such a wonderful cover story on this great inventor

[@lazygardens]

This is the sort of person you can't leave alone in your house, because he'll take three things apart to build something else, and leave you with parts of your washer, toaster and backyard swing lying in the living room.

[@donnabanks7656]

Awesomeness!!

[@cavius8784]

this shows if one has drive and inspiration, anyone can make it.

[@lynnjames6629]

🥇👍🙂💯🙏Think of all the greatness that was held back. 💔😢🙏

[@randyearles1634]

what a great story and great person. well done!

[@kenmore01]

That floor seems awesome! Maybe a lawsuit waiting to happen, but it has real possibilities.

[@Mike-ly9qi]

That was awesome. Why can't there be more of this be shared?

[@jokerace8227]

Ohhh, Farnsworth, nice touch, camera guy.

[@roberthevern6169]

For sure!

[@rockandpillarrange6104]

Love his mind! 💕

[@JoseyTurn17]

Oh wow that's impressive

[@jessycaphoenix8152]

Bravo for him and us.

[@Phoenix-nl2ut]

Imagine him on myth busters

[@drakec6781]

Now that’s dope !!! 👊🏼💙

[@sjsrana]

Team USA Maximum patents

[@BradThePitts]

All that great stuff and you still need to wear a name badge with you name on it 😂

[@chrisbullock6477]

Why don't we learn about these people until their old and probably about to retire or have died?

[@jeremykeaton6527]

You know why, people like Mr. Smoot destroy the narrative that Black people have never contributed anything to the betterment of society. But on the contrary, we invented the radiator, traffic lights, the underpinning for GPS technology, and the monkey wrench just to name a few. And we most certainly can't look over the fact that a Black man invented the folding chair, possibly one of the most important inventions of all time.

[@Kimik-oy4pc]

Inspiring

[@willieriley2255]

I just saw this on mbk channel i didnt know that he made it and the light saber its amazing and that his is african American that touched me

[@whatever736]

Awesome