cassettes
Gadgets
Sonic Fabric Neckties Are Actually Playable
11:40AM Sean Fallon | The music may be horrible, but if you rub a tape head over these ties you can actually hear jumbled sound collages recorded from the NYC metro system. This is possible because the ties are 50 per cent audio cassette tape. More »
Gadgets
The 80s Have One More Cassette Tape Measure To Be Proud Of
12:20PM Jason Chen | Only Gama-Go would be able to take a Cassette Tape and make it into a pun-based product that’s both useful and compact. Plus, it’s only $US8. [Gama-Go]
Peripherals
Cassette Nano Case Is Absolutely Wonderful
7:40AM Adam Frucci | These 45 Nano Cases are made from gutted cassette tapes and fit 4th gen iPod nanos. They’re pretty much perfect; I want an iPod Nano just so I can get one of these. So awesome. [Contexture via HolyCool via TDW] More »
Music
11:48AM Nick Broughall | Do you spend your weekends pining over boxes of mixtapes a lost love sent you back in the 80s, miserable that you have no way of listening to them any more? Well rejoice! you can now enjoy the crappy analogue quality of cassettes again with Sony’s latest micro hifi, the CMTEH25. More »
Sony Still Making Hi-Fis With Tape Decks
11:48AM Nick Broughall | Do you spend your weekends pining over boxes of mixtapes a lost love sent you back in the 80s, miserable that you have no way of listening to them any more? Well rejoice! you can now enjoy the crappy analogue quality of cassettes again with Sony’s latest micro hifi, the CMTEH25. More »
QOTD
Gizmodo ‘79 Mixtape: What’s On Yours?
2:00AM Matt Buchanan | I’m listening to “Boys Don’t Cry,” released by The Cure in June 1979. Next is “Comfortably Numb.” Before playlists, we hadmixtapes, thanks to the Walkman. What’s on your 1979 mixtape? Remember, you’ve got 45 minutes per side. [Giz '79] More »
Music
1:00AM Wilson Rothman | Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979, and I got mine a year later. The Walkman boosted the profile of audio cassettes, which had been challenging LPs and 8-Tracks as a music medium. They soon dominated the music scene. More »
The Blank Generation: 1979 As Audio Cassette Enabler
1:00AM Wilson Rothman | Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979, and I got mine a year later. The Walkman boosted the profile of audio cassettes, which had been challenging LPs and 8-Tracks as a music medium. They soon dominated the music scene. More »
Toys
Just What I’ve Always Wanted! A Transformer/USB Hub/Fake Netbook/Cassette Player!
1:40AM Mark Wilson | All we can say is, Michael Bay had better really step up his game for the sequel. More »
Design
Retro Wallpaper Celebrates the Golden Age of Hip Hop
2:50AM Mark Wilson | Turntables, keyboards, cassettes and boomboxes? Yes please. This designer wallpaper by Aimée Wilder costs $US140 for a diminutive 27″ x 15′ 70cm x 4.5m) roll. Then again, that’s enough probably paper to make your point. [aimeewilder via Unplggd] More »
Robots
TapeScape ‘Bot Turns Old Boombox Into Glitch Music Automaton
2:30AM John Mahoney | Using little else than the parts inside an old GE boombox, Michael Colombo made TapeScape, a robot that front-mounts the jambox’s tape head and uses it to follow strips of cassette tapes on the ground. More »
Music
