Lou Ottens, the former Philips engineer who gave the world its first compact cassette tape, has passed away. According to Dutch news outlet NRC Handelsblad, Ottens was 94 when he died on March 6th.

The man who invented cassette tapes in 1963, which spawned the recording of countless mixtapes for music lovers, has died at age 94. Lou Ottens, while working with the Dutch company Royal Philips, ...

As reported by Dutch publication NRC Handelsblad, the inventor of the compact cassette tape, Lou Ottens has died aged 94. Ottens began working at Philips in 1952 and became the head of product ...

Cars have had DRM-like measures for longer than you might think. Go back to the 1990s, and coded cassette decks were a common way to stop thieves being able to use stolen stereos. Sadly, they became ...

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Lou Ottens, the former Philips engineer who gave the world its first compact cassette tape, has passed away. Just when cassette tapes appeared to be making a comeback, a worldwide shortage of gamma ...

If you’re a 40-something music fan or older, the likelihood is high that during a lengthy phase in your life, the primary medium for music playback/storage was the compact cassette tape. Mine ...

Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor who gave the world the very first compact cassette tape, has died. Taylor spoke about the importance of cassette tapes to music stating, “Cassettes taught us how to use ...

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A compact-disc player and four cassette tapes worth $235 were reported stolen Wednesday from a car parked in a business lot in the 2500 block of Commerce Drive, police said. A compact-disc player ...