Olga Cullen stated that during the development of Cassette Tape in the early 1960s, she made a wooden block that fit perfectly into her coat pocket.
Dutch inventor Lou Ottens of Cassette Tape has passed away. Philips company informed about this, where they helped to develop Compact Disk. Ottens died at the age of 94 on Saturday and was confirmed by Phillips. A structural engineer who took training from a technical university in Delft.
He joined Philips in 1952 and began looking for alternatives to the current tape recorder as head of the products development department of the Dutch company. He had only one goal. Making portable and easy-to-use tapes and players. Olga Cullen, director of the Phillips Museum in South Eindhoven, said that during the development of cassette tape in the early 1960s, he made a wooden block that would fit perfectly into his coat pocket, explaining that the first compact cassette was as big as Was
More than 100 cassette tapes were sold
This cassette was extremely portable and smaller than the tape recorder used at the time. In late 1962, cassette tapes were made which became a massive hit worldwide and sold over 100 billion cassettes. Many people who liked to listen to songs used to record songs directly from the radio.
The music reached the pocket of people
The popularity of cassette tapes diminished with the development of compact discs. Ottens contributed to this invention as a supervisor for the compact disc development team. In an interview published by Philips Museum, Otens said that the success of the cassette tape was its ‘simplicity.
He said that it was successful because it was ‘reliable’. Otens said that players and recorders can also be used from batteries. This feature makes it extremely user friendly and portable. Otens said that everyone can roam around with music in their pocket.