Pedal radio
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The Pedal Radio (or Pedal Wireless) was developed by Alfred Traeger in 1929 as a way of providing radio communications to remote homesteads in the Australian outback. There was no mains or generator power available at the time and batteries to provide the power required would have been too expensive. It is considered an important Australian invention. As its name suggests, it is a radio powered by a pedal-driven generator.
