One evening in 1993, Trevor Baylis was watching a programme on television about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The programme explained that the only way to stop the spread of AIDS was to educate people about the disease. However, 1(broadcast)the information was extremely difficult. Most people didn't have a radio as there was no electricity, and batteries were tooex 2. At this point Trevor Baylis dozed off and had a dream. In the dream he imagined that he was out in the jungle 3to some music on an old gramophone. When he woke up, he had dreamt up the prototype of the clockwork radio. It took him two to three months to get a concept off the ground and decide that his idea could reallywo 4. He filed a patent, and then the problems began. By April of the following year he was a very frustrated man. He had been trying to find a backer for his idea, 5every British company he had contacted had turned him down. However, his 6(expect)TV appearance on the BBC programme changed everything. Trevor Baylis was approached by a South African businessman, and soon money was found to establish a company with a factory based in Cape Town. The company was called Baygen, which stands 7Baylis Generators. Today 200, 000 radios are made in Africa each month, with demand outstrippingsup 8. Trevor Baylis' invention has made him wealthy, but he hasn't changed his lifestyle. He gets most satisfaction from the fact that Baygen products are helping the 9(need). According to Trevor Baylis, you don't need to be a genius to be an inventor. He believes there's an invention in all of us. His advice to anybody who has a good idea—keep the idea to 10(you)and never give up.