Engineering:Rinky Dink
Rinky Dink is a mobile musical sound system that operates on power provided by two bicycles and solar panels. The sound system tours the world as part of many musical festivals and parties.
As well as being powered by bicycle, the system itself is moved around using specially converted bicycles.[1] Rinky Dink is an example of how green electricity can be generated and used to power things.
The Rinky Dink was responsible for powering the first bicycle-powered digital recording in history—Live & Pedal-Powered (1995) by Baka Beyond.[2]
The system was named after the expression "rinky-dink" - an American slang, which originally meant "rip-off",[3] but came to mean anything that was poorly put together, amateurish, shoddy, cheap or insignificant.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Rinky Dink". Baka.co.uk. http://www.baka.co.uk/rinky/. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- ↑ "Baka Beyond". Baka Beyond. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323100957/http://www.bakabeyond.net/album_pedal_powered.html. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- ↑ "rinky-dink (adj.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rinky-dink.
- ↑ "rinky-dink". Oxford Dictionaries. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/rinky-dink.
- ↑ "rinky-dink". Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rinky-dink.
- ↑ Smith, Daniel (2014-11-26) (in en). The Language of London: Cockney Rhyming Slang. Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 9781782433828. https://books.google.com/?id=IbKZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT52&dq=Rinky+Dink+green+energy#v=onepage.
External links
- Rinky Dink official site
- Rinky Dink on Glastonbury Festival website
- A song by David Rovics about the Rinky Dink
Similar projects
- Cycle-powered cinema
- Similar, but static bicycle-powered sound system—as seen on Blue Peter
- Renewable energy-powered sound systems
- High Efficiency high fidelity bike powered events on a large scale
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