Ann Makosinski

Ann (Andini) Makosinski is a Canadian student inventor and public speaker. She won the Google Science Fair in 2013 for her thermoelectric flashlight.

Ann Makosinski
Makosinski at Instituto Nacional de Educación Tecnológica, Buenos Aires, in 2018
Born (1997-10-03) October 3, 1997
Alma mater
Known forInventions
Awards

Early life

Makosinski is of Filipino, Polish and Canadian descent.[1] Her father is a retired lab manager with two medical patents.[2] Her family live in Saanich, British Columbia.[3] She studied at St. Michaels University School.[4] For her grade 7 project, Makosinski invented a radio that could be powered by the wasted heat from a candle. She also made a piezoelectric flashlight when she was in Ninth grade.[5]As a little girl, Ann found insects to be very interesting. She wondered how they could be so small, yet so intricate. She has grown up to be a very talented young scientist because of her fond passion for science.

Hollow Flashlight

In 2013 Makosinski won the Google Science Fair with Hollow Flashlight, a thermoelectric flashlight.[6][7] She was inspired by visits to her mother's homeland in the Philippines, where her friends failed at high school because they didn't have enough light to study at night.[7][8] The device relies on the Thermoelectric effect using Peltier tiles. It is hollow to increase convection currents.[5] She is currently in negotiations to commercially manufacture and distribute the light.[9][10]

She presented at TEDx Richmond and TEDx Vancouver in 2013.[2][11] That year she appeared on Time (magazine) 30 Under 30.[12] She won a gold medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair.[13] In 2014 she presented The Problem with Inventions at TEDx Victoria.[14] She presented at TEDx Teen in 2016 - her talk Why I don't use a smart phone has been watched over 2 million times.[15][16] Makosinski presented her eDrink mug, which uses heat from a drink to charge a phone, to Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show.[17][18][19] As a prize she was given $5,000 to support her education.[20] She won four major awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[21] She was voted the 2016 Popular Science Young Inventor of the Year.[22]

Career

Ann won $50,000 investment from the Quest Climate Grant, supported by Canadian Geographic and Shell Energy North America in 2016, for inventions which are powered by body-heat.[23] She was appointed a global brand ambassador for Uniqlo in 2016, and has completed campaigns for Five Star and Lenovo.[9][24][25] In 2017 Makosinski was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.[26][27]

Makosinski is a student at the University of British Columbia, and completed the Arts One program.[21] She was also named one of Glamour magazine's 2018 College Women of the Year.[28] She is the Founder of Makotronics Enterprises.[29] She has filed several patents.[30] In August 2017, Makosinski celebrated Canada's 150th anniversary and embarked on a two-week expedition of the Northwest Passage.[31] In October 2017, she was part of Converse Public Access show with Miley Cyrus.[32]

References
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  2. "Ann Makosinski, Google Science Fair Finalist Heads To Calif., Hits TEDx Circuit (VIDEO)". HuffPost Canada. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  3. Smart, Amy. "Saanich student, 16, shows off invention on Tonight Show". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. SMART, ,AMY. "Vancouver Island student shows Jimmy Fallon her invention on Tonight Show". www.vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
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  6. Google Science Fair (2014-02-11), Can I power a flashlight without batteries? | Ann Makosinski, retrieved 2018-07-31
  7. News, ABS-CBN. "Fil-Canadian teen's invention gets Google's attention". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  8. "This 18-Year-Old Invented A Coffee Mug That Can Charge Your Phone". Popular Science. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  9. "Ann Makosinski - Jeff Jacobson Agency". www.jeffjacobsonagency.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  10. "Not your usual 19-year-old". SooToday.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  11. TEDx Talks (2013-11-25), Be the source: Ann Makosinski at TEDxRenfrewCollingwood, retrieved 2018-07-31
  12. Rhodan, Maya. "These Are the 30 People Under 30 Changing the World". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  13. "Young Innovators: Ann Makosinski of Makotronics Enterprises — Douglas Magazine". Douglas Magazine. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  14. TEDx Talks (2014-12-22), The problem with inventions | Ann Makosinski | TEDxVictoria, retrieved 2018-07-31
  15. "Ann Makosinski". TEDxTeen. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  16. TEDx Talks (2016-02-18), Why I Don't Use A Smart Phone | Ann Makosinski | TEDxTeen, retrieved 2018-07-31
  17. Luymes, ,Glenda. "Jimmy Fallon turns spotlight on Victoria teen’s flashlight". www.theprovince.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  18. "Saanich teen's newest invention can use hot coffee to power devices". Global News. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  19. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015-10-08), Fallonventions: eDrink, retrieved 2018-07-31
  20. "Ann Makosinski's Tonight Show Segment Makes Victoria Proud". HuffPost Canada. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  21. "Ann Makosinski: Inventing your UBC experience". UBC | Undergraduate Programs and Admissions. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  22. Popular Science (2016-09-20), Meet Ann Makosinski: Our Young Inventor Of The Year, retrieved 2018-07-31
  23. "Ann Makosinski, B.C. Teen Inventor, Wins $50,000 In Latest Achievement". HuffPost Canada. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  24. TakePart (2016-10-26), Make Better Today – Ann Makosinski | Presented by TakePart + Lenovo, retrieved 2018-07-31
  25. Iswarienko, Kurt (2016-03-11), Uniqlo - Ann Makosinski "Flashlight Girl", retrieved 2018-07-31
  26. CBC News (2017-01-05), Teen inventor lands on Forbes 30 under 30 list, retrieved 2018-07-31
  27. Michaels, Written by Koby. "UBC student Ann Makosinski named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  28. Militare, Jessica. "10 College Women on Activism, #MeToo, and Calling B.S. on Perfection". Glamour. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  29. "Ann Makosinski". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  30. "Patents Assigned to MAKOTRONICS ENTERPRISES INC. - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  31. "Ann Makosinski - SingularityU Canada". SingularityU Canada. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  32. Northman, Tora. "Miley Cyrus Is All Fun in her Public Access Episode With Converse". HypeBae. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
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