Posted Feb 4, 2009

As noted earlier in the week, model rockets were a fascination for me when I was in Jr. High, and, I hate to admit, right through High School.  Other than playing tennis, designing, building and launching model rockets in the stillness of dawn with my friend Garyi was my true passion.  Many hours spent building and spray painting in my basement workshop.   And I have been a morning person ever since.

Mounting an M-80 in a rocket became a source of fascination, and many a sound sleep was disrupted by the overhead detonation and thunderclap of one of these childhood favorites.  Could’a lost an eye or a hand on more than one occasion, or ended up in some form of incarceration.  The Good Lord was watching over us.

All this rambling is by way of getting to the point that childhood playthings become instrumental in one’s adult work.  Toys are important, and can change the world.   Playing with rockets as a child inspired me to the work that I do today.  And our Hydrogen powered rocket system is one small example.  It is the first consumer product to utilize Hydrogen.  While it did not garner much media attention, it is an entirely new technology for hobby rockets, and for the toy industry overall.

This toy rocket creates Hydrogen and Oxygen from water (H2O), using D cell batteries.  When a spark ignites this mixture, they recombine into water, and instantaneously release the energy that was put into separating the gases initially.  This explosion will launch a toy rocket, or power an internal combustion engine.  We even won an award from NASA for our Hydrogen powered RC vehicle system.

Toys are important, and can change the world.  Just ask the Wright Brothers, or Frank Lloyd Wright.

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