IMHO Trevor Baylis is a HN hero for sure - so would have given this +10 if it had been allowed!
We have Kickstarter etc. now. He had none of that, and was a forerunner.
From the article:
>But while the Baygens certainly sold and were used, their biggest impact was probably that they had been made by a First World engineer who cared about the Third World.
>There are now all sorts of inventions aimed at the developing world and it's a relatively common thing for young engineers to dedicate themselves to, but that didn't always used to be the case.
>I think Trevor Baylis deserves considerable credit for having kicked that off and for having served as an inspiration to many other young engineers and inventors.
We have Kickstarter etc. now. He had none of that, and was a forerunner.
From the article:
>But while the Baygens certainly sold and were used, their biggest impact was probably that they had been made by a First World engineer who cared about the Third World.
>There are now all sorts of inventions aimed at the developing world and it's a relatively common thing for young engineers to dedicate themselves to, but that didn't always used to be the case.
>I think Trevor Baylis deserves considerable credit for having kicked that off and for having served as an inspiration to many other young engineers and inventors.
Also obituary in The Guardian. [0]
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/05/trevor-ba...