Classic British Inventor
Trevor Baylis started his career as an inventor quite late in life, having previously been involved in sales of swimming pools and the R&D department desinging them. His connection with swimming dated from his childhood where he just missed out representing his country at the olympics. From his involvement with swimming poolsand swimming skills he became a performer with the Berlin Circus where he earned enough money from his High Dive displays and his underwater escape artist routine, to start his own swimming pool company providing modular swimming pools, mainly to schools in the UK.
His career as an inventor began in 1985 when he formed a company to make disability aids called Orange Aids, this was inspired by his involvement with other performance artists that had suffered injuries.
It wasn't until 1989 that he happened upon his idea for clockwork radios, he was inspired by the Aids Epidemic in Africa where he realised the biggest barrier to halting the spread of the disease was providing accurate information and education through readio progammes was the reliance of radios on batteries and mains electricity, both being very scarce in rural Africa.
His career as an inventor began in 1985 when he formed a company to make disability aids called Orange Aids, this was inspired by his involvement with other performance artists that had suffered injuries.
It wasn't until 1989 that he happened upon his idea for clockwork radios, he was inspired by the Aids Epidemic in Africa where he realised the biggest barrier to halting the spread of the disease was providing accurate information and education through readio progammes was the reliance of radios on batteries and mains electricity, both being very scarce in rural Africa.
The Invention Of The Wind-Up Radio
The actual first prototype was put together very quickly, including an old transistor radio, a small electric motor from a toy car and the winding mechanism from a clockwork music box.
Dispite trying to get support and backing for this revolutionary concept it took an apearance on Popular British TV Programme, Tommorrows World in 1994 to secure support and investors to put the Wind-Up Radio into production.
Dispite trying to get support and backing for this revolutionary concept it took an apearance on Popular British TV Programme, Tommorrows World in 1994 to secure support and investors to put the Wind-Up Radio into production.
Awards for the Wind-Up Radio & its Inventor
In 1996 The Freeplay Radio recieved a number of awards, including the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design and World Vision Award for Development Initiative.
He was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1997 and between 1998 and 2005 was given eleven Honuary Degrees by UK Universities.
He was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1997 and between 1998 and 2005 was given eleven Honuary Degrees by UK Universities.
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Trevor Baylis at a Glance
Trevor Graham Baylis OBE (born 13 May 1937 in Kilburn, London"My Secret Life: Trevor Baylis, inventor", The Independent, magazine section p7, 3rd November 2007) is an English inventor. He is best known for inventing a wind-up radio. Rather than using batteries or external electrical source, the radio is powered by the user winding a crank for several seconds. This stores energy in a spring which then drives an electrical generator to operate the radio receiver. He invented it in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the people of Africa.
In October 1997, Baylis was awar...
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This iniative set up by the inventor has the aim of providing professional partnership and services to British inventors to facilitate the establishment of original ideas, to assist with the patent process, and to assist getting their products in the marketplace, by assisting with obtaining license agreements with manufacturors and distributors, they also consider starting up new companies around good ideas and inventions.
