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" I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use. "
Ann Makosinski
Never
Energy
Interested
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" Phone screens are too small to properly appreciate YouTube videos. "
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" I'd take garbage, and I'd glue them together and create inventions. "
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" I just think we need to find a way, because we don't dispose of them very well; they have very bad chemicals in them. If we could just find a way, maybe start at a small step with eliminating batteries perhaps in small electronic devices, and then possibly in the future go bigger, that would be great. "
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" I studied physics 12 in summer school after I completed grade 12. Did I enjoy it initially? No, I had found physics difficult since grade 11, and I struggled a lot. Did I learn from it? Yes, and as I improved, I started enjoying it more. "
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" I was listed in 'Time Magazine''s 'Thirty under Thirty' and have given three TED Talks, too. "
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" I'm probably not as good in the topics that I'm less passionate about than the ones I spend all my time on. "
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" Just because you're in college, or a university student, that does not mean you're the only thing you are. "
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" If I don't do something constructive every day, I feel like I have wasted my time, and I almost feel guilty for not doing something I could have learned from. "
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" I know a lot of people around the world have these problems where there's just no light, no electricity, nothing. "
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" What I kind of want to spread as my message to all kinds of youth that I get to reach out to is, you can do cool stuff; you've just got to put in time and be dedicated. "
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" My attention span has never been on point - in school as well - unless I'm very, very, very into something. "
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School
" I think everything starts with an idea. No matter how crazy it is, you should always try to bring it to life. "
Ann Makosinski
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Always
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" I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art. "
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" It's very hard to juggle a science fair project as well as your schoolwork. "
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Fair
" My first toy was a box of transistors. "
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Box
" Sport is one way of keeping kids off their phones. "
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" Not being given everything encourages you to create... That was one of the first steps for me learning to invent things. "
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Me
" I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields. "
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" My biggest hurdle usually has to do with concentration. I have a tendency to kind of start working on something, and then, all of a sudden, I'll totally divert and do something totally different. "
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" I'm sure we've all had that annoying experience when we desperately need a flashlight, we find one, and the batteries are out. Imagine how much money we would save and the amount of toxins leached into the soil, etc., reduced if we didn't use any batteries in flashlights! "
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Money
Find
Experience
" Maybe thermoelectricity will be able to power a tablet someday. "
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Someday
Able
" Creativity was born out of necessity because I didn't have many things to play with. "
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" It is important for me to remember that time learning anything substantial, even if it's not my favourite topic, is time well used. "
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