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Introducing the LOLrioKart, aka The Shopping Cart Car
Some clever kids at MIT have invented the LOLrioKart, an electric vehicle made out of a shopping cart, that reaches speeds up to 45 mph. It’s like a DIY Segway with way more charm and charisma. Here’s a video from one of the LOLrioKart’s first road tests (we added the music to drown out that awful sound of clattering metal):
To learn more about the shopping cart car, click here.
[via TrendHunter]
Filed under: Awesome Inventions, DIY, Eco-Friendly Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, EV, Geek Gear, Geek Mobiles, LOLrioKart, MIT, Shopping Cart Car, Speeding Motorcycle
Smells Like Independent Spirit
“Oscars Shmoscars! I’m here at the Independent Spirit Awards, which is the Academy Awards for smart, quirky actors who do normal people-things like knitting and shopping for their own groceries. Speaking of that, I was vacuuming my house right before this thingy, and I somehow got my dress caught on the vacuum head, and half of my dress ripped off! But then I thought the dress looked even more edgy, so what the hell? And with a dress this DIY, I figured I didn’t really need to wash my hair or accessorize or pick out shoes that actually go with this outfit. How’s that for indie spirit? Lord, please let Michel Gondry put me in his next movie!”
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Thanks, James!
Filed under: Bizarre Sartorial Choices, DIY, Grey's Anatomy, Independent Spirit Awards, Indie Movies, Michel Gondry, Quirky Is Not a Compliment, Sandra Oh, Vacuuming Disasters
ROCK OF ASIAN: Renminbi
What happened to the Indie Rock Chick? When did that DIY lady get so pretty, preening, and slight? (Answer: right around Liz Phair’s third album and Courtney Love’s eighth nose job.) We’ve been waiting for the badass indie rock chick–cut from the beer- and sweat-soaked cloth of Kim Deal–to re-emerge for some time now, and we think we’ve found her in Renminbi. Although their name is the word for Chinese currency, Renminbi is Brooklyn-based and riot grrrl-rooted. Co-founders Lisa Liu (guitar, vocals) and SMV (keyboard, vocals) take us back to the early 90’s, when indie rock chicks could drink, smoke, shit-talk, and play anyone under the table and didn’t wear precious girly gear like leggings and shiny headbands. Despite being a three-piece (different drummers have cycled in and out) and not having a bass player, Renminbi still makes a big, badass, unapologetic rock-us. And that, friends, is what we call being “lady-like.”
Trade in your old currency here.
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Thanks, Jennson!
Filed under: Asian Ladies Rock, Brooklyn, DIY, Indie Rock, Renminbi, Riot Grrl, Rock Chicks, Three Piece Bands
