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He always came across on TV as a lovely bloke and some of his ideas were genius.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/05/trevor-baylis-inventor-wind-up-radio-dies-aged-80
Sure it’s not just a big wind up?
Sad end to such a kind hearted man.
For a minute then I thought you were referring to the man who used to come round and castrate our bullocks with his penknife and a red hot poker. But then he was old school and passed on years ago
It never occurred to me that's who Ian Dury was singing about.
There ain't 'alf been some clever bastards.
Lucky bleeders.
Sad news. I saw him talk many years ago at Cheltenham Literature Festival. He spoke passionatley about inventors and protecting intellectual property. I had one of his radios back in the day and the sound quality was really good.
Was just thinking about him the other day, he gave a lecture to the whole of the engineering school as part of our professional development back around 2002/3. We need more people like that both in terms of their inventions and their passion for trying to change the IP systems to make it better for the lone inventor.
Enthusiastic and energetic, a real pleasure to see him talk about something he was passionate about. Also a true ‘man in a shed’ innovator.
Sad to hear he had been unwell for a while before his death.
RIP indeed. A very talented and generous man.
Rather a lovely little obituary in the Graun, too. Very touching.
RIP Trev.
A real character and so full of enthusiasm.
I turned one of his wind up radios into a laser pointer.He thought it was a great bit of fun, and used it to activate a light sensor that unveiled the plaque at an opening ceremony .He did a great talk after it, all about invention ,his life long hero Frank Whittle and living on Eel Pie Island.It was nice to meet him.
One of my good friends worked in Trevor’s pool cleaning business for a good while. He said that’s trevor was a great guy.
i guess it’s a pity that the wind up radio success never really made Trevor the money due to him since the IP didn’t hold up too well. Although the legacy of the wind up products is great for so many people across the world.
Tonyg.
Yup, the whole patent lawyer wrangling can quickly take the shine out of even the most enthusiastic inventors. It can be heart breaking at times.