In a new take on a technology from the 1960s, this year, researchers created a cassette tape that uses DNA instead of iron oxide to encode information on a plastic tape. It can hold a phenomenal ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...

When Philip Weintraub recorded a message for his son to listen to on prom night, he could've never known that years later, the Internet was listening in Ami Weintraub The year is 1988 and it's prom ...

Have you ever looked back at your expansive Video Home System (VHS) collection and wondered if it's worth anything? From about 1977 through the '90s, VHS was the main format to watch and record film.

For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment. Cassettes are fragile, inconvenient, and relatively low-quality in terms of sound quality — ...

Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. For a supposedly obsolete ...

Our favorite media has been taking a turn towards digital for quite some time now. Video games, movies, and albums are available through digital storefronts and subscription services. It has become ...

The 1980s were really the era of cassette tapes. Music-lovers, young and old, at the very least had a cassette player in their car. The luckier ones had a portable tape player or boombox that made it ...

Formed in 2016, We Are Rewind is a French audio company that makes new-age audio players for cassette tapes. It’s best known for the WE-001, a portable cassette player that’s fit for modern-day ...

You can't keep Dead Air Radio's Steve Fletch out of the Youtube creation zone. His latest helpful video is straight up for the VHS collectors out there, and if you're tuned into his IG stories, you'll ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The cassette tape. A staple of the Walkmans, car stereos, and ...

Explore the inner workings of a VHS tape through this 3D animation by Jared Owen. Discover the various components and mechanisms that form this iconic format. Those millions of dead people supposedly ...