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AirCassette for iOS: Buy it for How It Looks, Not How It Sounds

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Do you miss looking at cassette tapes? Yes, I said looking. I don’t think anyone would miss their sound quality (or lack thereof). Unlike CDs or today’s intangible digital music, the look and form of cassette tapes are iconic not only because of their colorful labels but because you could…

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November 2nd, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Stereolizer iPad App Digitally Revives the Cassette Tape

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A new iPad app called Stereolizer takes advantage of the abundance of Internet radio stations and lets users record tracks from stations onto a digital cassette tape. The tapes seem to be graphical equivalents of an audio file, but the illusion Stereolizer provides is aesthetically pleasing. Recording, playing back, rewinding…

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March 29th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Cassette Tape Chair: Sit Man, then WalkMan

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Cassette tapes are an all-but-extinct technology, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still put them to use. You could turn them into a lamp, for instance – or how about a chair made from cassettes?…

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March 27th, 2011 by: Technabob

IPhone Cassette Tape Case Looks Like the Real Deal

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Not only does this iPhone case look exactly like a retro cassette tape, it actually serves a purpose.

When out of its box, the silicon cover protects your iPhone from scratches, dust and fingerprints. But when placed inside and propped open, it provides you with a handy stand for viewing…

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June 23rd, 2010 by: Technabob

Recycled Cassette Tape Neckties: Audible Wear

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Alyce Santoro’s Sonic Fabric line of neckties not only look cool, but they should hold a special appeal for New Yorkers: they’re made using 50% colored thread and 50% cassette tape, and the latter has been recorded with “loops and samples collected on and under the streets of NYC.”…

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April 11th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Ion Tape Express Converter: Play Your Cassette Tapes One Last Time

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Immortalize your mixtapes with the Ion Tape Express, an easy to use device that converts your favorite songs to mp3 files. Just pop in a tape, connect it to your computer via USB, and let the bundled EZ Tape Converter Software work its magic.

As you may have guessed from…

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October 27th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Retro Skins Make for Delicious Apple Gadgets

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Infectious is like Threadless for your gadgets – the designs are submitted by users, so you’re bound to find something that suits your tastes. Here are a bunch of retro laptop, iPod and iPhone skins currently available at Infectious:

The awesome cassette tape player skin is called Retro Stuff is…

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August 24th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

45 Nano iPod Nano Cassette Tape Case Makes for a Confusing Title

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The 45 nano cassette tape case isn’t for people who like to wear tight pants, because it will turn your 4th gen, stick of gum-sized iPod nano into something as large as, well, a cassette tape.

And if you thought Apple did you a favor by having all sorts of…

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August 11th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Film & Cassette Tape Portraits by Iri5 Are for Sale, and Yes, They’Re Expensive.

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Reader Alex commented on our call for surveyees (take the survey! there’s a prize!) that the stuff we usually feature are cool (of course they are ) but mostly expensive. Alex, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry but this is another one of those cool-but-expensive stuffs. But they’re not just…

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June 25th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Bet You Can’T Do This With Blu-ray: Awesome Cassette Tape Portraits

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Artist iri5′s “Ghost in the Machine” is a series of portraits that connect music with visual art by making use of old cassette tapes as medium. When I first saw Neatorama‘s post about the project I thought it was just a cheap trick. But after taking a closer look at…

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March 22nd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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