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Trevor Baylis. 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.
- Trevor Graham Baylis, 13 May 1937, Kilburn, London, England
- Wind-up radio
- 5 March 2018 (aged 80), Eel Pie Island, London, England
Human power. A battery/hand-crank radio by Philips. Human power is the rate of work or energy that is produced from the human body. It can also refer to the power (rate of work per time) of a human. Power comes primarily from muscles, but body heat is also used to do work like warming shelters, food, or other humans.
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Mar 7, 2018 · Published: March 7, 2018 5:03am EST. Trevor Baylis, who has died aged 80, left his school in London at 15 without any qualifications. But he went on to become a physical training instructor, an ...
- Tracy Bhamra
Trevor G. Baylis, the inventor of wind up radio technology, was born in Kilburn, London, in 1937 and spent his boyhood in Southall near London. Trevor was always an avid swimmer and by the age of 15 Trevor was swimming competitively for Britain. At 16 he joined the Soil Mechanics Laboratory in Southall and began studying mechanical and ...
Oct 29, 2023 · The Trevor Baylis wind-up radio won him the 1996 BBC Design Award for best design and product. The BayGen Freeplay Radio is still considered to be one of the most iconic pieces in British design, and features in the UK Science Museum collection. Shortly after designing the wind-up radio, Baylis met the Queen, Nelson Mandela, and other big names ...
- Stewart Hodgson
Mar 5, 2018 · Trevor Baylis obituary. Prolific inventor famous for his wind-up radio. Dennis Barker. Mon 5 Mar 2018 13.34 EST. Last modified on Fri 9 Mar 2018 10.18 EST. Trevor Baylis, who has died aged 80, is ...
Mar 5, 2018 · By 1991, Baylis had created a working, wind-up radio that could play for 14 minutes with a two-minute wind. He patented the idea and set out to get the radio into production. At first, interest was lukewarm at best, but in 1994, his prototype was featured on “Tomorrow’s World,” a BBC television program. This was the opportunity Baylis needed.
