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 You may not need to worry　about batteries someday soon. A 15-year old girl, Ann Makosinski from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has invented a flashlight that uses the heat from your hand for power.

 
Instead of using batteries the flashlight uses Peltier tiles2. Peltier tiles produce electricity when one side of the tile1 is heated and the other is cooled. In her first attempts she was able to produce enough power, but not enough voltage3. But eventually she was able to find a solution and produce a working flashlight.
 
Makosinki was able to build the flashlight for under 30 dollars. And considering you will never need to buy batteries, it’s a great deal.
 
She is currently4 one of 15 finalists in the Google Science Fair. The grand prize is $50,000 dollars and a trip to the Galapagos Islands. The final round will be held in Mountain View, California this September.

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1 tile WoFwK     
n.砖瓦；vt.铺以瓦，铺以瓷砖
参考例句：
  • The bathroom is faced with tile.浴室铺着瓷砖。
  • I pointed to a number of scratches in the tile floor.我指向地板砖上的一道道划痕。
2 tiles 9db5f8c9ab0edb1730551e4ddcf2c87f     
n.瓦片，瓷砖( tile的名词复数 )；扁平的小棋子
参考例句：
  • The wind dislodged one or two tiles from the roof. 大风从屋顶上刮下了一两片瓦来。
  • On both slopes of the roof there are broken tiles. 屋顶的两面斜面都有破瓦片。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 voltage KhVwF     
n.电压
参考例句：
  • That is how voltage is measured.那就是如何测量电压的方法。
  • The electric current varies directly with the voltage.电流与电压成正比。
4 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地，普遍地，当前
参考例句：
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

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