Who is the world's most brainy inventor?

Although there is no strict or standard answer to this question, she has to be on the list: Simone Giertz.

Known as the "Queen of Scrap Robots", she has made the daydreams of countless people a reality by tinkering with seemingly useless machine inventions, and has made herself a global sensation with 2.61 million followers on YouTube, a regular on major TV shows and variety platforms, and a media sensation whenever she makes a move.

Recently, she's been working on a new 'scrappy invention'.

This time, to allow more people to experience her invention project, Simone Giertz has opened an online store directly.

She calls the stuff on the site, 'interesting items you didn't know you wanted'.

List of new "scrappy inventions"

The store is called Yetch, pronounced the same as her last name.

A total of 4 "scrap inventions" are exhibited on the website.

The first item, which Simone Giertz calls "the world's worst puzzle."

Because, the total number of pieces in the puzzle is 499. Why is one piece missing? On purpose, of course.

This piece of the puzzle that never arrives at perfection will probably be seen by OCD and puzzle lovers alike and will probably freak out instantly.

The incomplete puzzle, all white, all looks simple and not so simple, as the individual pieces are irregularly shaped.

It took Simone Giertz 19 hours to put it all together. It was probably a fun pain in the ass, too.

▲ Displayed on the wall like a work of art.

The second item, a "Daily Goals Calendar".

The calendar was first crowdfunded as an item on her Kickstarter in 2018, and Giertz uses it to stick to a daily meditation, which is now available to everyone.

The coolest thing about it is that it's a touchscreen calendar that covers 365 days.

The calendar is made of gold-dipped printed circuit boards with LED lights behind each day's numbers, but it doesn't need to be connected to the internet and can be used without being unplugged.

When you have completed your goal for the day, it will brighten up with a single click.

Simone Giertz wants people to use it to maintain healthy habits as well.

Two more items, both rings.

One is a Phillips head screwdriver ring.

One is a screw ring ring.

Looks like a well-matched pair.

These two rings are like a metaphor in Simone Giertz's mind, and those who wear them can also turn their hands into a wonderful toolbox for life.

For example, when you can't find a screwdriver, remove the ring and you can always unscrew the screw as well.

Price wise, the puzzle is $35, the calendar is $365, and both rings are $85.

It took Simone Giertz seven years of preparation to build this site, and its current presentation looks a bit like a platform for the intersection of art and technology.

It will also continue to serve as a place for Simone Giertz to showcase new work, bringing interesting ideas to life and offering unique solutions to people's everyday problems.

Adventures of the Scrappy Robot

The 'inventions' mentioned above are more down-to-earth than Simone Giert's previous creations.

When she first hit the internet, one of those 'scrappy bots' was more whimsical than the other.

In 2015, Simone Giert from Sweden posted the first video of a 'scrappy robot' on YouTube.

Later, she started making all kinds of innovative and ridiculous-looking, funny and quirky homemade robots, which also took the internet by storm fast.

This is the wake up call robot.

It's a tooth brushing robot.

This is the lipstick-applying robot.

It's a breakfast-making robot.

This is the chopping robot.

This is the feeding robot.

This is the soup pouring robot.

This is the hair washing robot.

This is the tongue playing game robot.

There are even ass-wiping robots.

When you're frustrated and discouraged, don't worry, there are applause bots.

When you're out and about with a pervert, don't worry, there's a wolf-proof robot.

When all you want to do at the movies is to be limp, there are robots that will automatically feed you popcorn.

When you don't want to go out and get a haircut, there are even drones that will cut hair.

The best feature of these 'scrappy robots' of hers is the clever blend of self-deprecating humor and passion for technology.

She did all the CNC machining, programming, circuitry, stacking, and assembly of the robot herself.

After graduating from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, Simone Giert's first internship was designing and building products at an engineering firm in San Francisco.

Of course it's not just robots, Simone Giert has applied her hands-on skills to all aspects of life.

For example, because she noticed that dogs like to be near or sit on their owners, she made a 3D model of a pet chair using Fusion 360 and then turned her chair into dog's 'LOFT of houses'.

It has a door, stairs, footrests, and a bed on which Simone Giert can sit and work and the dog can climb up and sleep on her, and when Simone Giert leaves, it's a warm bed for the dog to have all to herself.

In 2019, Simone Giertz modified the Model 3 to be a 'Truckla' herself before Tesla's pickup truck came out.

She spent over a year planning the design, disassembling the car with her own team, assembling parts, adding new equipment, and finally taking shape.

The video also became her most popular video ever, with over 10 million views, and Musk even invited her to the launch of his new car that year.

Some of these inventions that straddled the line between humor and technology worked, and the greater part of the showcase scene was a disaster.

But it has also become a source of inspiration and joy for many people.

Uselessness is also a kind of usefulness

Why all this useless stuff?

More than one person has raised this challenge to all her inventions.

Simone Giert has mentioned in a public lecture at Brown University that she knows that these 'scrap inventions' have little utility.

But she cares more about creation itself.

When I find a problem, I invent some solution to deal with it.

At a TED talk in 2018, she mentioned that many people suffer from stage fright, and she thinks the solution to that is, "Actually, if only I could look at you the same way you look at me, to be fair."

So she took out a "Big Eyes T-shirt" that she had made for this speech and made herself "eyes" all over her body as well, and immediately stopped being nervous.

Simone Giert's reason for making these 'scrappy inventions' is the process of tinkering with inventions, discovering problems, generating inspiration, presenting ideas and bringing joy.

I think these are really fun, and having fun is very important in itself for creating things.

In the beginning, like most people, her biggest mental burden was being called stupid and dealing with failure. She says, "Perfection is like a straitjacket, it takes your breath away."

After deciding to make these scrappy robots, something that seemed destined to fail, instead she let go of the pressure of having to succeed, "once I removed all the pressure and expectations I had of myself, that pressure was quickly replaced by enthusiasm."

She was also asked if she would use her brain to make more useful things afterwards, and her answer was that there might be in the future, but she's already done that, like making 'scrap robots' which was a job she didn't expect at all.

It's a job I created and one I could never have planned out, all because I'm passionate about it and I'm sharing that passion with more people, and that's the most beautiful part of making useless robots.

A few years ago, Simone Giert was tested for a brain tumor, and she put her panic, vulnerability, positivity, and optimism online throughout her surgery and radiation treatments.

If the tumor had not been diagnosed, she would have gone to Antarctica at the time to film a documentary.

Later, she took a slide of a part of her cut-out tumor and had a friend who had gone to Antarctica take it to that place.Simone Giert said, "Now I'm no longer the girl with the brain tumor, I've become the girl who sent it to Antarctica."

She is extending her creativity into more parts of her life.

The Yetch website, mentioned at the beginning, is also a new way for her to explore.

Simone Giert creates one 'scrap item' after another that may or may not be useful, but when you see them, you're sure to get a flash of light.

That feeling unravels the obsession and misconception that life has to be lived in pursuit of a certain meaning, allowing one to easily reclaim pure joy, freedom and curiosity.