Yesterday’s rugged flashlights can move aside. There’s an upgraded version in town, thanks to advancements in science and tech. From features like lighting to rigorous testing standards, outdoor ...

Google Science Fair is clearly where minor miracles happen. Flashlights that work without batteries, traffic that moves itself out of the way of an oncoming emergency vehicle, and new flu medicines — ...

From a sleeping bag that charges your gadgets to entire buildings warmed by body heat, scientists are harvesting the heat emitted by humans as a source of renewable energy. But the latest development ...

St. Michaels University School student Ann Makosinski has been named one of 15 finalists in Google’s global science fair for a project that created a flashlight that runs on the heat of a human hand.

There are some exceptional young scientists going to the Google Science Fair this year, and among the finalists is 15-year-old Ann Makosinski, from Victoria, B.C., who invented a hollow flashlight ...

Do you know you hold power in the palm of your hand? Makosinski, 15, will be at Google’s Mountain View headquarters September 23 where she will present her hand-heat-powered flashlight to a panel of ...

Every now and then, it's easy to forget that certain items sure could use a dash of innovation. Every eight or so years, our entertainment + gaming consoles are completely overhauled. Even now, ...

A 15-year-old girl in Canada has invented a flashlight that only needs the warmth of the hand to turn on. Ann Makosinski, a high school junior in Victoria, British Columbia, was trying to think of a ...

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11:38 p.m. PST) from Cape ...

A 15-year-old girl in B.C. invented a body heat-powered flashlight and won $25,000 in scholarships from Google. "I chose to investigate the aspect of human energy when I found out that we are like ...