Tag: Cassette
Tech Digest daily round up: Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape dies
10 great retro gadgets up for grabs on eBay
Smartphones, tablets, 3D TVs; who needs em? Back in my day it wasn't about whether or not your mobile could multi-task, but rather if it would fit in your rucksack without the weight of it snapping your spine in two….
Sony give mix-tape lovers a retro lifeline with the CFD-A110 boom box
The floppy-disc may have gone the way of the Dodo, but there is one ageing technology that may yet prove to be as resilient as a cockroach; the cassette tape. Maybe it's the sentimentality that we attach to our favourite…
Roxio launches Easy LP to MP3 convertor
The package will convert LPs and tapes directly to WAV, MP3, and WMA formats, and will feature clean up tools to fix up scratches, pops and hisses, absolving you for neglecting your collection for all these years.
Cassette Cupboard – use up all those old "NOW!" tapes
If you invested heavily in the cassette format in the 80s and 90s, then you’re probably kicking yourself now that half of your music collection is no longer playable due to the ravages of time and magnetic degradation. That and the fact you left them in the sun during the summer of 1998 and now they stick together a bit…
DIY VHS USB hub: fun, nostalgic project, apparently
Given that you can pick up a four port USB hub for about five quid these days, there’s no economic value in converting an old VHS cassette tape into one (particularly as you need to buy a USB hub to make it work anyway, but for sheer nostalgia, and for the dream of clogging up your desk with a great big hub rather than a tiny one, this project could be for you.
Mention “hot glue” and “soldering equipment” and I’m running — at least for a small project like this — but if it’s your thing, head over to the Instrucables web site and give it a go…
Lamp made from cassette tapes manages to look awesome and help environment
Here’s what I call a lamp! Throw out the IKEA free-standers, and buy yourself one of these limited edition cassette tape lamps from Transparent House.
Each lamp is hand-made using 140 actual tapes, which cast surprisingly pretty shadows onto the surrounding walls. Before you ask whether the bulb might melt the plastic tapes, don’t fret, as the designer…
Tapes return with the Cassette Face Watch
Think cassettes are a thing of the past? Well, they are, although that’s not stopped designers from using the vintage format in other ways – like in the Cassette Face Watch…
Cassette MP3 player- use it in the car or out and about
Old formats never die – they just get re-invented for modern-day use – like the Cassette MP3 player…
Be all ironic with Contexture's 45 cassette-tape Nano case
There’s so much cassette-tape nostalgia floating around these days, ever since Curry’s announced they would stop selling the format. If cassette coin purses, cassette skulls or cassette-shaped MP3 players don’t float your boat, then you were probably born after 1995 perhaps these Contexture cases for your Nano will?
The Canadian design studio has created one-of-a-kind shelled out cases for your Nano, made from recycled cassette tapes. Extremely…
