Study Task 04: Research

> First released in 1963
> Initially a fun novelty item aimed at teenagers, main selling point was the fact they could be personalised and mixtapes could be made to share with friends.
> Rivalling the eight track which was big and clunky compared to the cassette tape. However reduction in size made quality poor therefore eight tracks were favoured.
> Overtook eight track in 1975
> By the end of the 70's portable cassette tapes and in car cassette players became available.
> First portable music player, it was revolutionary
>SONY WALKMAN: Small, Tape recorder, take them everywhere, lighter headphones than before. 150 million made, 300 models.
> Short lived because CD's took over, the first CD was released in 1982 and their popularity grew rapidly.
 > Discontinued in 2002, last one was released in 2005.
> If sorted correctly they can be kept for 30 years. Must be kept at temperatures bellow 21 degrees Celsius and avoid temperatures below freezing.
> Can be uses as a Cat Toy
>Winding up with pen trick

Features in movies:
> Wayne's World
> Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
>A clockwork orange
>Electrick Children
> Back to the future

Reuses of Cassettes:
> Portrait
> Dress
> Lamp
> Wallet
> Tie
> iPod holder
> Painting
> Book cover
> Clutch bag
> Business card holder
> Chair
> iphone stand

How a tape recorder works:

> Magnetic Recording

> In the audio realm there is magnetic tape (inside the cassette) which consists of thin plastic based material and bonded to this is a coating of ferric office powder. 

> Electromagnet applies a magnetic flux to the oxide on the tape. The oxide remembers this.

> The more higher quality tapes tell you their formulation by stating a type.

IDEAS TO TRY FROM RESEARCH:

> Freezing

> Cat Toy

> Combine elements of CDs with Cassette