Wunderkinds
Still a teenager, Andini Makosinski has accomplished a lot with her keen scientific mind and curiosity. She created a flashlight that runs solely on the heat of the human hand, which won top prize (and a $25,000 scholarship) in the 15-16 age category at the 2013 Google Science Fair. She was awarded a patent in January 2015; later that year she won $50,000 from Shell for her E-DRINK cellphone charging mug, which uses hot water’s heat to funnel electricity to mobile devices. Now attending the University of British Columbia, she has appeared twice on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” to demonstrate her inventions.
