Trevor Baylis: Wind-up radio inventor dies aged 80

IMHO Trevor Baylis is a HN hero for sure - so would have given this +10 if it had been allowed!

We have Kickstarter etc. now. He had none of that, and was a forerunner.

From the article:

>But while the Baygens certainly sold and were used, their biggest impact was probably that they had been made by a First World engineer who cared about the Third World.

>There are now all sorts of inventions aimed at the developing world and it's a relatively common thing for young engineers to dedicate themselves to, but that didn't always used to be the case.

>I think Trevor Baylis deserves considerable credit for having kicked that off and for having served as an inspiration to many other young engineers and inventors.

Also obituary in The Guardian. [0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/05/trevor-ba...