The award winning BayGen wind-up radio has grabbed quite a few headlines around the world in the last few months. Powered by a generator driven by a replaceable spring that's good for over 6,500 hours. The radio covers AM, FM and Short-wave frequencies and never needs batteries.
Technical performance is to a high standard and the radio produces plenty of volume.
To operate the radio you first wind the spring. The BayGen FreePlay Wind-Up Radio is ideal for emergency use, cottages, boats, camping, teenagers, hunters, remote areas or anytime in these last days. The BayGen Radio will pay for itself in just over a year with the savings on batteries. Putting Power into the Hands of Ordinary People In the middle of a BBC documentary on AIDS in Africa, inventor Trevor Baylis jumped up from his chair and hurried to his research laboratory. If poor communications in Africa was the biggest barrier to health education, Baylis reasoned, then he should find a way to improve the information flow.