| J. Falcon |
03-10-2021 04:39 PM |
Lou Ottens, Inventor of the Audio Cassette Tape, Dead at 94
Lou Ottens, Inventor of the Audio Cassette Tape, Dead at 94 - Rolling Stone
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Louis Ottens — the Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette tape — has died at the age of 94.
Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad first reported that Ottens died March 6th in Duizel, the Netherlands. No cause of death was provided.
A longtime engineer at the Dutch electronics and technology company Philips, Ottens — in his role as head of the product development department — led the Belgian team charged with converting the bulky reel-to-reel tape recorders of the era into something more portable and consumer-friendly; Ottens’ goal was to make a cassette tape that could fit a jacket’s inside pocket.
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RIP
I read on another new's site, also announcing this story, that there's been a recent resurgence in cassette tapes. Who the hell wants to listen to music on a cassette?
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