The 16 year old girl invented the "hollow" flashlight, the intention of which was only for friends to finish their homework.
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it needs to be introduced here. The parents are all amateur radio operators, they are all two. Very fond of tinkering with electronic products, Ann may have been influenced by parents to become an unexpected inventor.
Ann's father Arthur Makosinski said, "this is a very simple project, it consists of 4 parts."
with this "hollow flashlight", people do not need to worry about the problem of battery, as long as they hold the flashlight, it will be able to shine forever. The world bank points out that the invention of Ann will benefit nearly 1/5 people in the world.
surprisingly, no thermoelectric technology has been proposed in the development of flashlight. Ann this beautiful girl thought of and offered a solution. According to Perle's theory of effect, Ann created a hollow flashlight with a small piece of ceramic tile.
then Ann will have the idea of inventing such a flashlight? According to Ann himself, 2 years ago, she came to another hometown, Philippines, to visit a friend of mine. Ann's friend told Ann that she could not finish her homework because she often had no electricity at night. "This is the source of my project," explains Ann. "I just want to help my friends in Philippines, and this flashlight can be one of the solutions." After returning to
, Ann began to conceive of her own invention. Then she came to light. "Why can't we generate electricity from the body's heat?" We give off so much heat that they are wasted. " After trying several designs, Ann finally got the prototype of "hollow flashlight". In the next few months, Ann set out to design the specific structure of the flashlight and calculate its voltage conversion value.
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Ann's father Art still clearly remembered the surprise when he saw Ann to display the flashlight to them: "I really couldn't believe it, so I checked the whole circuit. I said to her, "do you know anything about hand and foot? Do you hide batteries at the other end?" It turns out that Art's suspicion is superfluous. After
, Kate Paine, Ann's marine biology teacher, helped Ann register for the 2013 Google science challenge. However, Ann did not have much hope at that time. She said that so many students from all over the world took part in the competition. She did not think she would have the chance to win.
a few months later, that is, in September, Ann scored the first in her age group. After that, she got the opportunity to visit Google headquarters. In addition, she received a scholarship of $25 thousand, a Lego building block and the opportunity to visit Lego Denmark headquarters. At the end of the journey back to Vitoria, Ann also received a warm welcome at school. After that, she made 3 speeches on TEDx, and also participated in the tonight show by Jimmy Fallon.