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“I was on automatic pilot; ideas for gadgets kept coming, fed by a force of energy flowing through me and around me.”

Quote by Trevor Baylis

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Trevor Baylis
Trevor Baylis

Trevor Baylis is a renowned British inventor known for his contributions to the invention of hand-cranked generators and solar-powered devices. Born on May 13, 1937, he is a prolific inventor with over 150 patents to his name. more

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“I have found, for example, that if I have to write upon sum rather difficult topic, the best plan is to think about it with very great intensity-the greatest intensity of which I am capable-for a few hours or days, and at the end of that time give orders, so to speak (to my subconscious mind) that the work is to proceed underground. After some months I return consciously to the topic and find that the work has been done.”