cassettes
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Let’s Take A Moment To Appreciate The Simple Brilliance Of The Car Cassette Adaptor
I got my driver’s licence toward the end of the 2000s, but even I caught on with the car cassette adaptor. All my friends had them because we drove cars that hadn’t completely eliminated the cassette deck quite yet. Thinking back, wasn’t this one the most brilliant and enduring mainstream car hacks of all time?…
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University Students Find Audio Time Capsule, Can’t Find Tape Player
If you want to leave a video or audio message in a time capsule, what medium should you choose? Will people of the future be able to listen to your CD or your mp3? Will the folks of 100 years or even just 10 years hence be able to find a DVD player? Do you…
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Sony Crams 3700 Blu-Rays’ Worth Of Storage In A Single Cassette Tape
Stupid hipster 80s fetishism notwithstanding, cassette tapes don’t get much love. That’s a shame, because magnetic tape is still a surprisingly robust way to back up data. Especially now: Sony just unveiled tape that holds a whopping 148 GB per square inch, meaning a cassette could hold 185 TB of data. Prepare for the mixtape…
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Cassette Tapes Actually Make For Good Art Pieces
I don’t remember the last time I saw a cassette tape in real life. Seriously, it’s been years. But when I see these cassette tapes re-fashioned as pieces of art, I’m happy. I love seeing old media being used in a way it was never meant to be (and the only way it could be…