[4] For her grade 7 science project, Makosinski invented a radio powered by the wasted heat from a candle.

[5] At 15, Makosinski decided to invent a light source that would not require any batteries and could be charged using the heat from the user's hand.

Her inspiration for this idea came when a friend from the Philippines told her that she had failed a class in school because she did not have any electricity at home and could therefore not study at night.

While at school, Makosinski became the face of Uniqlo's Heattech Fleece campaign and she also received the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award.

In 2019, Ann ventured away from her science domain of expertise and enrolled into the Herbert Berghof Studios school of acting in New York City.

While in NYC Ann worked on a line of children's toys that ran on green energy, which were later profiled on CNN.

[17] In 2016, Makosinski won a $50,000 investment from the Quest Climate Grant, supported by Canadian Geographic and Shell Energy North America for inventions powered by body heat.

[23] In 2018, Makosinski presented her invention of the "eDrink mug" to Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show, which uses heat from a drink to charge a phone.