"FreePlay" Self Powered Lantern
Designer Trevor Baylis British
Manufacturer Freeplay Energy USA, Inc. American
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The innovative wind-up spring mechanism powering this flashlight was first conceived to operate a radio that needed neither battery nor electricity. Trevor Baylis initially designed these self-powered objects for use in third-world communities where access to electricity is limited or non-existent and the cost of batteries prohibitively expensive. A rechargeable battery stored within the flashlight body provides an additional energy source.