Simone Giertz
Simone Giertz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Simone Luna Louise Söderlund Giertz 1 November 1990 |
| Occupation(s) | Maker, robotics enthusiast, YouTube vlogger |
| Parent | Caroline Giertz |
| Website | http://simonegiertz.com/ |
Simone Luna Louise Söderlund Giertz (/ˈjætʃ/; YACH; Swedish: [ˈjæʈʂ]; born 1 November 1990)[1] is a Swedish inventor, maker, robotics enthusiast and professional YouTuber. She has also previously worked in MMA sports journalism, and as an editor for Sweden's official website Sweden.se.[2]
Biography
Giertz has named the Disney cartoon character Gyro Gearloose as one of her earliest inspirations. She studied engineering physics in college but dropped out after a year. She started studying at Hyper Island in Stockholm, Sweden, and took an interest in programming and robotics. Giertz brands herself as "the queen of shitty robots" and runs a YouTube channel where she employs deadpan humor to demonstrate mechanical robots of her own creation to automate everyday tasks; despite working from a purely mechanical standpoint, they often fall short of practical usefulness, for comic effect.[3] In July 2016, her YouTube channel had 231 thousand subscribers.[4] Some of her most famous creations include the Breakfast Machine, the Applause Machine and the Wake Up Machine.
In 2016, Giertz joined Tested.com, collaborating with Adam Savage on her first project, the Popcorn Feeding Helmet.[5]
Family and personal life
Giertz lives in San Francisco.[6]
The Giertz family surname is of Low German origin. She is the daughter of Caroline Giertz, novelist and TV host, who Giertz describes as a "ghostbuster" due to her mother's work on paranormal reality TV show Det Okända. Giertz is a descendant of Ericsson founder Lars Magnus Ericsson. Lutheran theologian and bishop Bo Giertz was her great-great-uncle.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Birthday.se
- ^ Khan, Asif (3 March 2016). "Simone Giertz, The Patron Saint of Bad Robots". Inquisitr.com. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Jamieson, Amber (17 March 2016). "Meet the queen of useless robots: 'The internet is a weird place'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ YouTube.com, 15 July 2016
- ^ "Simone Giertz Joins "Tested," Builds Popcorn Feeding Helmet". Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- ^ "Got photo bombed by Neil deGrasse Tyson". Reddit. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
live in San Francisco since a couple of weeks back!