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 American slang expression "rinky-dink", 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
edit- ^ "Rinky Dink". Baka.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- ^ "Baka Beyond". Baka Beyond. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- ^ "rinky-dink (adj.)". Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ "rinky-dink". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
- ^ "rinky-dink". Dictionary.com.
- ^ Smith, Daniel (2014-11-26). The Language of London: Cockney Rhyming Slang. Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 9781782433828.
External links
edit- Rinky Dinkofficial site Archived 2006-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Rinky Dink on Glastonbury Festival website
- A song by David Rovics about the Rinky Dink
Similar projects
edit- Cycle-powered cinema
- Similar, but static bicycle-powered sound system—as seen on Blue Peter
- High Efficiency high fidelity bike powered events on a large scale
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