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Trevor Baylis
English inventor (1937–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the cricketer, see Trevor Bayliss.
Trevor Graham Baylis CBE (13 May 1937 – 5 March 2018) was an English inventor best known for the wind-up radio. The radio, instead of relying on batteries or external electrical source, is powered by the user winding a crank. This stores energy in a spring which then drives an electrical generator. Baylis invented it in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the "people of Africa".[1] He ran a company in his name dedicated to helping inventors to develop and protect their ideas and to find a route to market.[2]
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Born | Trevor Graham Baylis (1937-05-13)13 May 1937 Kilburn, London, England |
Died | 5 March 2018(2018-03-05) (aged 80) Eel Pie Island, Greater London, England |
Known for | Wind-up radio |
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Website | www |
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