Swedish inventor Simone Giertz is the self-proclaimed “Queen of Shitty Robots,” exploding online with a series of hilariously extreme robots to wake her up, feed her cereal, apply lipstick, and more. Simone joined Tested.com in April, collaborating with Adam Savage on her first project, a Popcorn Helmet that worked about as well as you’d expect.

2016 Patrons

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Community Patrons

We’d also like to thank Cotton Bureau, Scout Books, Seamless, and Stephouse for extending their generosity to us this year in producing XOXO.