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	Clockwork radio - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by clockwork wind-up mechanism, rather than batteries or solar cells or mains electricity or thermoelectrics.
		The modern clockwork radio is a patented design by Trevor Baylis through a company called Baygen.
		Baylis claims to have devised his clockwork radio in response to hearing a news broadcast about the spread of AIDS in Africa.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Clockwork_radio (240 words)

	Clockwork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In mechanical engineering, a clockwork is either a lightweight mechanical linkage, especially one involving multiple axles, or a complete mechanical device whose functioning relies on internal clockwork (in the preceding sense), especially where muscular effort is the sole source of operating power.
		Often power for the device is stored within it via a winding device that applies mechanical stress to an energy-storage mechanism such as a spring, thus involving some form of escapement; in other cases, hand power may be utilized as it is applied.
		Low-powered electrical equipment, such as a clockwork radio, where an energy-storing spring accounting for much of the size and weight of the device spins a much smaller electric generator; such equipment is very popular in certain Third World situations where batteries and mains power (house current) may be scarce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clockwork (310 words)

	Clockwork radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by clockwork wind-up mechanism driving an internal generator, rather than batteries or solar cells or mains electricity or thermoelectrics.
		The modern clockwork radio is a patented design by Trevor Baylis through a company called Baygen the key to it's design is the use of a constant velocity spring to store the potential energy.
		The clockwork radio is used in isolated communities in Africa, but is also sold in advanced countries, where it may be used for camping or emergencies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clockwork_radio (2755 words)

	Clockwork radio Information
		A clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by clockwork wind-up mechanism driving an internal generator, rather than batteries or solar cells or mains electricity or thermoelectrics.
		The modern clockwork radio is a patented design by Trevor Baylis through a company called Baygen the key to its design is the use of a constant velocity spring to store the potential energy.
		The clockwork radio is used in isolated communities in Africa, but is also sold in advanced countries, where it may be used for camping or emergencies.
	www.bookrags.com /Wind-up_radio (210 words)

	Talk:Clockwork radio - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One problem with the Baygen clockwork radio is that while the handle is being wound, no power is being generated for the radio.
		Have two springs with one handle, and a way of automatically switching to the most run-down spring, which may well be easier said than done.
		Have a second generator connected to the handle so that it generates power while you wind the spring up, during which time the generator connected to the spring is dead.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Talk:Clockwork_radio (209 words)

	Clockwork radio: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Radio is the transmission of signals without wires, by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light....
		In mechanical engineering, a clockwork is either a lightweight mechanical linkage, especially one involving multiple axles, or a complete mechanical device...
		A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/clockwork_radio.htm (408 words)

	Radio Netherlands Receiver Shopping List: Baygen Freeplay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The sales brochure says the "Freeplay" clockwork radio is expected to be in demand in any market where the cost of batteries or electricity put appliances out of reach of the population, or where batteries and electricity are not available.
		This is curious since Trevor Baylis, the designer of the clockwork generator, said the radio was primarily designed to provide an answer to the terrible communication problems in Africa and throughout the developing world, where the cost of power restricts radio use.
		Import surcharges must be paid on components used in the manufacture of the Freeplay radios and all radios are classified in South Africa as a luxury items, incurring an extra duty on resale.
	www.rnw.nl /realradio/baygen.html (1685 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The After Radio workshop was held as part of Radio Day, entirely dedicated by the Prix Italia, in collaboration with RAI's Radio Division, to a tribute to the medium with which the Prix originated.
		For Nicoletti "After Radio" was not so much a traditional workshop as a live simulation of a way of working which is the basis of radiophonic expression and the most advanced aspects of the Internet, in the conviction that these two means of communication have something in common.
		But radio remains the simplest, most intimate and personal of the media, partly because it is portable in the case of transistor radios, as well as being the most international, allowing us, for example, to hear Italian programmes in America.
	www.prixitalia.rai.it /english/old_1_8_1.html (2219 words)

	Baylis. The clockwork radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This extremely clever 'wind-up radio' was developed by the British inventor 'Trevor Baylis' for Third World countries where affordable energy is scarce or non-exsistent.
		This radio uses no batteries and does not need any electricity to run it.
		It is powered by an internal clockwork generator, which when fully wound up provides enough electricity for long periods.
	www.design-technology.org /Baylis.htm (121 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Life \| Increasing the radio frequency
		Baylis's clockwork radio was inspired by a television programme that explained that Aids in Africa could be prevented if only people had access to the right information.
		The radio is to Africa what the internet is to the developed world and the average listener tunes in for 10-15 hours a day.
		The Lifeline Radio is a larger, sturdier and surprisingly lighter version of its predecessor wind-up radios and has been produced exclusively for the developing world.
	www.guardian.co.uk /life/feature/story/0,13026,1191652,00.html (1711 words)

	Freeplay FPR 2 SC - Review - Your winding me up
		The concept of a clockwork radio” first came into the public consciousness in the mid-nineties when the inventor Trevor Baylis was featured on the BBC programme ‘Tomorrows World’;.
		Radio was an obvious way of educating and informing people, but the lack of availability of batteries meant that millions of people had no access to vital information.
		The radio has a small solar panel on the top of the unit which is sufficient to fully power the radio in direct sunlight.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /portable-radio/freeplay-fpr-2-sc/254126 (742 words)

	British Life
		Baylis developed the radio so that it could be used in areas with no electricity.
		The radio works on a similar principle to an alarm clock, except that - unlike the clock - when wound for about 20 seconds, electricity is generated and the radio stores and distributes the power constantly over a period of time.
		About 20,000 of the radios, known as Freeplay, are being produced in South Africa every month and there is a demand for many times that amount.
	www.britannia.com /newsbits/radio.html (311 words)

	The Dromedary Digest Online - Personal Power Generation - Clockwork radio and clockwork torch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The problem was that in most regions radio was the only media but the cost of batteries made the use of radios prohibitive for most Africans.
		Since then the clockwork radio has developed even further to include a built in solar panel so the radio can operate off both sunlight and spring energy.
		Given the initial reason the clockwork radio was developed, it is refreshing to know that the BayGen Group is committed to a on-going policy of environmental and social responsibility.
	camell.atlas.co.uk /aappg.html (1034 words)

	Clockwork radio - where to buy a clockwork radio
		If you are looking for a clockwork radio or wind-up radio then there is one ethical option that is well worth considering.
		The Marvellous Freeplay Summit Multi Band Wind Up Radio is not just a standard clockwork radio, but it can also run on solar power.
		The idea of clockwork radio emerged a few years ago, when whilst watching a television programme in September 1991 about the spread of AIDS in Africa, a chap called Trevor Baylis had the inspirational idea for the clockwork radio.
	www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/ethicalchristmas/article_clockwork_radio.shtml (523 words)

	Gadget : The Consumer Technology Magazine
		As if wind-up radios did not seem crazy enough, we are suddenly being inundated with all manner of electronic goods that seem to contradict the very nature of electronics.
		A series of experiments led to a clockwork radio prototype that had to wound up for two minutes and ran for 14 minutes.
		Instead of the clockwork radio becoming the saviour of Africa, it has become a sought-after and even fashionable gadget that, if nothing else, makes for a magnificent conversation piece.
	www.gadget.co.za /pebble.asp?relid=292&t=83 (1317 words)

	Radionewsweb.com
		But Britain's Radio Investigation Service says that pirates have harnessed the technology to their own ends by making a device that constantly appears to be broadcasting the RDS signal and thus grabs control of the radio until the driver turns off the RDS signal or moves out of range.
		She began her radio career on the BBC's Third Programme (now Radio 3) at a time when its mission was to persuade leading figures in the arts and humanities to talk intelligibly to an audience.
		The radio empire was dominated for years by Catherine L Hughes who started it in 1980 when she financed a takeover of WOL-1450 AM with 1.5m dollars of seed money and bank loans.
	www.radionewsweb.com /2000-01.html (11597 words)

	MRA - Media Rights Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These radio sets are seen as having immense potential in remote parts of the globe and the Third World, where power or batteries are not easily available.
		Launching its “next generation” of wind-up radios, Freeplay Energy has now announced that its S360 model was one-seventh volumetric the size of the previous Freeplay radio, and under half the weight.
		The radio has a 35-mm x 93-mm solar panel, positioned atop it near the 80-cm long telescoping antenna which obviates the need for winding or the use of an optional a.c.
	www.internews.org /mra/mrm/feb00/remote.htm (648 words)

	Tercentenarians, The
		The second of four programmes in which Trevor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio, goes behind the scenes of family firms which have been trading for over 300 years.
		The third of four programmes in which Trevor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio, goes behind the scenes of family firms which have been trading for over 300 years.
		The first of a four-part series in which Trevor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio, goes behind the scenes of family firms which have been trading for over 300 years.
	www.radiolistings.co.uk /programmes/tercentenarians__the.html (391 words)

	Radio Netherlands Receiver Shopping List: Freeplay Global Shortwave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The spring unwinds at an uneven rate, and in the last few minutes before the radio shuts off the voltage changes induces a slight "pulsing" of the audio as if the shortwave signal were fading.
		A 35- x 93-mm solar panel, positioned atop the radio near the 80-cm long telescoping antenna, obviates the need for winding or the use of an optional a.c.
		For these categories of listeners, the Freeplay Global Shortwave portable radio can be a lifeline to the radio broadcasters of the world.
	www.rnw.nl /realradio/freeplaygsw.html (1068 words)

	The Communication Initiative - Thinking - Solar vs Wind up in Radio Power Contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Radio is a lifeline for many people in poor countries, who may have little other contact with the world outside their village.
		One obstacle is that the initial cost of wind-ups radio is quite high, even though they are far cheaper to maintain than battery-run radios in the long term.
		And a community radio station in Haiti is offering to convert radios to solar power for a minimal fee in order to raise money for the station and increase its number of listeners.
	www.comminit.com /st2002/sld-5635.html (1215 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Clockwork Radio
		Radio would be an excellent way of doing that, but most people had no electricity, and even where batteries might be available they just couldn't afford them.
		Adding some simple clockwork allowed the brace to wind up a spring, which would drive the dynamo by itself as it slowly unwound.
		He was subsequently to receive many awards and medals for his invention, and became a celebrity, appearing on TV and being presented to royalty.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A785441 (1247 words)

	The Short-Circuit Amplifying Technique
		In the early days of Radio Luxemburg, when radio engineering was not so advanced, listeners in London were often frustrated by the rapid flutter of the sound under some conditions.
		The radio was tried with a high resistor at C3 and a piezo earpiece, and with a 75 ohm loudspeaker in that position.
		At the big presentation of a clockwork radio, the beggar was introduced as “Professor Clever”.
	www.wehner.org /electro/short (5059 words)

	Clockwork radio Details, Meaning Clockwork radio Article and Explanation Guide
		A clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by clockwork wind-up mechanism, rather than batteries or mains electricity.
		The modern clockwork radio is a patented design by Trevor Bayliss.
		Bayliss claims to have devised his clockwork radio in response to hearing a news broadcast about the spread of AIDS in Africa.
	www.e-paranoids.com /c/cl/clockwork_radio.html (145 words)

	Halfbakery: Clockwork- the new power source
		Anything from mobile phones to notebook computers could all have an additional clockwork generator, for times when the battery is flat and theres nowhere to charge it.
		Clockwork mobile phones have been invented and are being perfected as we speak.
		Clockwork record players exist, but they're hardly a new invention.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Clockwork-_20the_20new_20power_20source (1114 words)

	Electronic and Electrical Engineering - News
		The inventor of the clockwork radio, Trevor Baylis, met the engineers of tomorrow on a visit to Strathclyde.
		His inspiration for creating the clockwork radio was born from a desire to help after he watched a television report in 1991 on the spread of Aids across the continent.
		Although he is best known for his clockwork radio, he has had a long and varied career and is a real inspiration to our students.
	www.eee.strath.ac.uk /news/Trevor_Baylis (536 words)

	Clockwork radio 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The material in the spring was invented for car seat-belt recoil mechanism, but the spring in the radio is much stronger - it is about 3 cm wide, 10 metres long but only 0.02 cm thick!
		is just a conventional radio but it has a short-wave band on it.
		This short-wave band allows you to receive radio transmission from thousands of miles away.
	www.semta.org.uk /enginuity/behind/clock2.htm (168 words)

	A Clockwork Orange Radio Spots (1972) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One advertising tradition that hasn't changed much in the last 30 years is studios advertise their films on radio with commercials.
		A Clockwork Orange is so beautiful to look at and hear that it dazzles the senses and the mind.
		Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange from Warner Brothers is rated X, under 17 not admitted.
	www.geocities.com /malcolmtribute/aco/radio.html (457 words)

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