The number of inventors will decrease because of the Internet

A leading UK inventor warns that excessive human dependence on the Internet will make our creative ability plummet.

Trevor Baylis, the inventor of the first radio-tuned radio, found that children's creativity and hand-held skills are now decreasing as they spend too much time on Internet access. So he worries that humanity will not have the opportunity to witness the birth of the next generation of inventors, Metro reported.

Born in 1937, Mr. Trevor Baylis was the first
to build radio stations to turn the winding wire. (Photo: tumblr.com)

"But children can still restore their creativity and manipulation skills if schools use appropriate toys, such as Meccano puzzles. Teachers should teach students in style. direct instruction, not for children to find information online , " he said.

Mr. Trevor Baylis believes that toys require imagination and ability
Manual manipulation will stimulate children's creativity. (Photo: news.com.au)

The 75-year-old inventor said that many children are sitting in front of the computer all day and that is a dangerous situation."Children's brains will stop creating if they depend too much on search sites , " he explained.

Starting to invent the product when he was just a 6-year-old boy, Baylis said his hobby in childhood was to pick up miscellaneous items at the landfill after school. Then his imagination and creativity increased as a woman gave him Meccano puzzle toys. So he believes that toys that require imagination and manual manipulation like that will help children 's creativity develop.