Ann Makosinski

Ann Makosinski
Born October 3, 1997
Alma mater
Known for Inventions
Awards
Website annmakosinski.com

Ann (Andini) Makosinski (born October 3, 1997) is a Canadian student inventor and public speaker. She won the Google Science Fair in 2013 for her thermoelectric flashlight.

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]

Ann Makosinski is around 9 or 10 years old, soldering circuit boards for students university classes.

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 and TEDx Victoria.[14] She presented at TEDx Teen in 2016 - her talk Why I don't use a smart phone has been watched over 1.5 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

She 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

  1. ↑ Ramos-Reid, By Rachel. "Ann Makosinski: The Girl Next Door is a Young Scientist - Canadian Filipino Net". canadianfilipino.net. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  2. 1 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. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. 1 2 "Will Ann Makosinski change the world? (Includes interview and first-hand account)". 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  6. ↑ Google Science Fair (2014-02-11), Can I power a flashlight without batteries? | Ann Makosinski, retrieved 2018-07-31
  7. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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</a>, Written by <a href='/authors/koby-michaels/'>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. 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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