Designed by Stefano Pertegato, Massimiliano Rampoldi, Eloisa Tolu, Francesco Schiraldi and Giovanni Mendini, this MP3-playing tape unfortunately does not exist. But that’s O.K., because I’m more interested in that wristwatch!
Finger Power Works The Tape [sdsdf via CrunchGear]
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Judging by its size in relation to the hands it must be a VHS, which was a good choice if for no other reason than facilitating the clever “put the finger in the hole” double entendre.
What about creating a cassette-tape sized/formed MP3 player that can be placed in a tape deck.
Stick and SD card in it, stick the “tape” in a tape deck, hit “play” and go.
I think Griffin sells a tape interface/remote for the iPod where the tape holes respond to FF or RW being hit.
BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY!
It took *five* Italians to design this?
http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/cassette-mp3-player-stand-alone-or-car-cassette-player/
It looks NOTHING like an audio cassette. Good thing it doesn’t exist.
Actually, JACK, that has been done (quite a while ago, too, although maybe not here in the US). I remember seeing this overseas back around 04 or maybe even 03. It worked exactly as you described (although I’m not sure it had an SD slot–seems I remember that the capacity was sorrowfully small). Neat-o concept, but I ended up getting a minidisc player.
Yeah these do exist. The earliest I can recall was the RomeMP3 back in 2000, but now there are quite a few cassette MP3 players on the market like the Mobiblu DAH-220.
It’s all a plot to increase sales of Bic pens — which were so invaluable for hand-winding cassette tapes.