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Trevor Baylis

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English inventor (1937-2018)

United KingdomScientistsLived 1937 to 2018 · aged 80
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Trevor Graham Baylis was an English inventor best known for the wind-up radio. The radio, instead of relying on batteries or an external electrical source, is powered by the user winding a crank. This stores energy in a spring which then drives an electrical generator.

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2014Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2001honorary doctorate
1997Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Trevor Graham Baylis was an English inventor best known for the wind-up radio. The radio, instead of relying on batteries or an 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". He ran a company in his name dedicated to helping inventors to develop and protect their ideas and to find a route to market.

Country
United Kingdom
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2018 · aged 80
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14 languages

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