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Flashlight powered by body heat.

wolfeye · 2013-06-30 19:14:21

15-year-old Canadian girl invents flashlight powered only by body heat and earns spot in Google Science Fair finals. I guess we'll be seeing these in the shops in the very near future. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/06/27/technology-google-science-fair-finals-ann-makosinski.html…

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30-06-2013 8:14pm

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wolfeye

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15-year-old Canadian girl invents flashlight powered only by body heat and earns spot in Google Science Fair finals.

I guess we'll be seeing these in the shops in the very near future.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/06/27/technology-google-science-fair-finals-ann-makosinski.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351791/Ann-Makosinski-Canadian-girl-invents-flashlight-powered-body-heat-earns-spot-Google-Science-Fair-finals.html

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#2 30-06-2013 8:16pm
Khannie

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Very nice use of peltier. I've seen a few novel uses. I wonder how much light it gives out.

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#3 01-07-2013 9:00am
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Cue the awkward moment when people ask why they're not calling it the 'flesh-light'...

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