Simone Giertz facts for kids
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Simone Giertz
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Simone Giertz talking at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2019
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| Born | 1 November 1990 |
| Occupation | Maker, YouTuber |
| Parent(s) | Caroline Giertz |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Subscribers | 2.72 million |
| Total views | 183.6 million |
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| Subscriber and view counts updated as of 23 April 2024. | |
Simone Giertz (born November 1, 1990) is a Swedish inventor and YouTuber. She is known for building funny and sometimes useless robots. Simone is also a maker and a TV host. Before becoming famous for her robots, she worked in sports journalism and as an editor for Sweden's official website.
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Early Life
Simone Giertz was inspired by the Disney character Gyro Gearloose when she was young. He was a cartoon inventor!
When she was 16, Simone lived in China for a year as an exchange student. She learned basic Mandarin Chinese there. While in China, she even acted in a Chinese TV show called Huan Xi Long Xia Dang. She played an American girl named Catherine.
Simone later studied engineering physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. However, she left after one year.
Her Career as a Maker
Simone Giertz became interested in electronics in 2013. She built a special helmet with a toothbrush on it for a TV show pilot. The show wasn't picked up, but she uploaded the video to YouTube. This was the start of her YouTube career.
Simone's creations often include robots that do silly things. For example, she made an alarm clock that slaps you awake. She also built a robot that applies lipstick and one that shampoos your hair. Simone often designs her robots to be funny rather than truly useful. She likes to find over-the-top solutions for simple tasks. She even showed some of her robots on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
In 2016, Simone joined Tested.com, a website about making things. She worked with Adam Savage on her first project there, which was a popcorn-feeding helmet. In 2017, she hosted a comedy TV show in Sweden called Manick. On the show, she and her co-host invented funny solutions to everyday problems.
In 2018, Simone Giertz gave a speech at a TED conference. Her talk was titled "Why you should make useless things." She encouraged people to learn and ask questions by creating things. She used her own projects and robots to explain her ideas.
The Tesla Pickup Truck
In June 2019, Simone announced a big project. She and other YouTube makers, including Laura Kampf, turned a Tesla Model 3 car into a pickup truck. Simone wanted an electric car and a pickup truck. Since Tesla's official pickup truck wasn't out yet, she decided to build her own.
She made a funny commercial and a long video showing how they built the truck. These videos became very popular online. After this, she was invited to see the official Tesla pickup truck, the Cybertruck, when it was first shown to the public.
Other Projects
In August 2019, Simone traveled to New Zealand. She worked with Weta Workshop, a famous special effects company, to create a mantis shrimp costume.
In June 2020, Simone voiced a cartoon robot named CGO. This robot appeared in an episode of Adventure Time: Distant Lands.
In May 2022, Simone started her own product design company called Yetch. It has an online shop where she sells her unique creations.
Personal Life
Simone Giertz lived on a houseboat in Sweden from 2012 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020, she lived in San Francisco, USA. She later moved to Los Angeles, where she lives with her rescue dog, Scraps.
Simone's mother, Caroline Giertz, is a TV host and novelist. Simone has described her mother as a "ghostbuster" because she worked on a TV show about paranormal events. Simone is also related to Lars Magnus Ericsson, who founded the company Ericsson.
On April 30, 2018, Simone shared on YouTube that she had a non-cancerous brain tumor. She had surgery to remove it on May 30, 2018. After her surgery, she continued to share updates about her recovery. She even showed photos of her "super-villain scar" and made a video about her experience.
On January 18, 2019, Simone announced that her tumor had returned. She had radiation treatments. By May 29, 2019, she was back to making videos. She talked about her journey and showed a project where she turned her head alignment mask into a lamp.
Simone is a vegan. She has also shared that she is an atheist.
See also
In Spanish: Simone Giertz para niños
