Crank radios have a number of different names including clockwork radios and windup radios. These radios are self powered radios which are powered using human muscle power rather than electricity or mains electricity.
Hand cranked radios and other similar equipment are nothing new. These have been around for decades but their market was normally very limited. These crank radios were normally only popular with emergency and military organizations.
Trevor Baylis’s radios became a huge success and were instantly popular and Baylis himself became a bit of a celebrity. One of the first radios to be produced was given to Nelson Mandela who thought the radios were a fantastic idea.
The crank radios designed by Baylis were popular with lots of different people, not just from developing countries but also from developed countries. Baylis’s company regularly designs new models and many different inventions.
