This year, 2012, digital plastic substrate magnetic tape turns 60 years old. The IBM 726 digital tape drive was introduced in 1952 to provide larger amounts of digital storage for computers, in ...

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We’re trying really, really hard to determine if Talking Tape is cool as hell or scary as hell. You tell us. These pieces of plastic tape have audio messages along the lines of “happy birthday!” ...

Answer Man: I have a question about recycling Amazon cardboard boxes. The signs on the bins at the Lone Pine Recycling Center say to remove all tape. That is easy to do with plastic tape, however the ...

Christopher Wenn has received funding from a City of Hume COVID-19 Arts Activation Grant in 2020. That’s a great question. To answer it very briefly, music is recorded onto a cassette tape using ...

Dear Johnnie: My wife has become a big online shopper the past few years, and as a result, I’ve got a lot more cardboard to deal with around the house. When we recycle, we disagree about how important ...

Ferrofluid is a wonderous substance. It’s a liquid goop that responds to magnetic fields in exciting and interesting ways. It’s actually possible to make it yourself, and it’s cheap, too! The key is ...

Most everything I watch or listen to is digital. I can stream anything at any time. There was this stack of plastic and magnetic tapes, however, sitting around my apartment. I'm talking about my Hi8 ...

Robots made from sticky tape and dust can morph into various shapes under the direction of a magnetic field. They may one day be able to crawl into computers to fix broken circuits or even inside the ...