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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.
A windup radio or clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by human muscle power rather than batteries or the electrical grid. In the most common arrangement, an internal electric generator is run by a mainspring, which is wound by a hand crank on the case.
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.
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.
Mar 5, 2018 · Inventor Trevor Baylis came up with a solution to this problem in 1996, when he introduced the world to the first ever hand-powered, wind-up radio. Born in Kilburn, England, near London, on May 13, 1937, Baylis grew up in Southall, England, where his early education was interrupted by World War II.
Mar 7, 2018 · 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 engineer, a stuntman and, at 45, a full...
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Oct 29, 2023 · One of the most diverse and inspiring inventors of our time, Trevor Baylis, lived an incredibly varied life. His innovations in tools designed to empower people with disabilities, the invention of the wind-up radio, and more should have made Baylis a household name.
