At 15 years old, Victoria, B.C.'s Ann Makosinski has invented something nobody else thought of – at least, not in the same way.
Makosinski's 'hollow flashlight' is a battery-free illuminator, an ever-ready device powered by the heat of human hands which can stay lit for 20 minutes (according to Makosinki's own test run).
The YYJ youth received a modicum of attention in June, when she was picked to be the only Canadian at Google's Science Fair at their campus in Mountain View, Calif.
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