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Posts tagged “cassette”

The Digital Mixtape

Justin Cole wanted to merge the retro form of the beloved, though outdated, audio cassette tape with the utility of a flash drive to create the ultimate mixtape... ...

Beats on Tape: iPod Cases Get Green(er)

Apparently we're not the only ones who love the idea of reusing old cassette tapes. Here, Canadian Contexture Design of Vancouver demonstrates that retro can still fire the fuel of "greenovation," wit...

Cassette Tape Turned Tape Dispenser

We've seen a resurgence of re-purposing the design of old, outdated technology into new and still useful things. In fact cassette tapes—you know the plastic case with magnetic tape inside that p...

Look! Retro Tech Felt Gear

Holiday shopping is in full swing, and you've got a friend or loved who is a little bit geeky, has a indie crafty streak and pines for the days of old tech like 8-bit gaming, audio tapes and floppy di...

Make a Jacobs Ladder Toy from Old Cassette Tapes

You've probably repurchased any songs you used to jam out to on those old-school cassette tapes and are now storing your classic tunes as MP3 files on your computer. Maybe you've even done Mother Eart...

Green Idea The Cassette Tape Closet: A Great Way To Recycle Old Media

What do you do with all of your old cassette tapes? Throw them out, recycle them or reuse them? There are multiple ways of doing either though, and most of the time, old cassette tapes just get tosse...

Cassette Tape USB Hub: It's Not An Old Mixtape

This 4-port USB hub looks exactly like an old school tape, but if you try and play it in a Walkman, you'll damage it for sure. There's nothing sweeter than having new tech look like old tech. The cass...

Double Duty: Cassette Adapter and MP3 Player

The other day when we posted about an MP3 player designed to look like a cassette tape, Unplggd reader kvh turned us on to thisCassette Tape MP3 Player, and we have to say we were impressed....