The inventor of the wind up radio, Trevor Baylis OBE, is to be presented with an Honorary Doctorate by Northampton University this summer. Mr Baylis came to prominence for inventing the Freeplay wind up radio in the early 1990s. A company was set up in Cape Town employing disabled workers to manufacture the radio and, in 1996, the invention went on to win a BBC Design Award. Sadly, Trevor Baylis fell out with the people running the company, and severed his connections with it. Subsequently,he has invented other products such as the Eco-Media Player (illustrated). He is an old friend of Media Network, and we offer him our congratulations.
(Source: BBC News)
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