One of the more interesting things about technology is that as new advancements are made, people simultaneously become more interested in long-forgotten technologies from the past. This is ...

The audio cassette is an audio format that presented a variety of engineering challenges during its tenure. One of the biggest at the time was that listeners had to physically remove the cassette and ...

Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time Everyone who grew up with a tape deck ...

Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, cassette tapes made it easy to pick up your favorite tunes and take them with you. Boom boxes, car stereo systems, and portable cassette players were all the rage. They were ...