TAPE recorders cost money. As recreational devices, they have found market, so far, among bird-song enthusiasts, sound maniacs, and cocktail-party gagsters. Now, however, that canny character, the ...

Every once in a while, an application comes out that just works. It's so intuitive that anyone can pick it up and use it. A new app from SuperMegaUltraGroovy Software (FuzzMeasure) and Toasty Code ...

CRISPR is best known as being the basis of a powerful gene-editing tool. But first and foremost, it is a defense that bacteria use against viruses. Inspired by this delicate natural system, ...

Olympus invented the microcassette recorder in 1969, but these devices still help people capture audio information. Some microcassette recorders even have voice activation features that trigger ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have converted a bunch of microbes into what they've dubbed the "world's smallest tape ...

Researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center used molecular hacks to convert a naturally-occurring gut bacteria in humans into the world's smallest data recorder. Researchers modified a ...

The kooky geniuses at Teenage Engineering are back with a new gadget that is guaranteed to make you salivate until its price tag smacks you back to reality. The maker of drool-worthy synthesizers just ...

When you think of a tape recorder, you might think of a cassette tape. However, [Michael Simpson] has an old Star-Lite small reel-to-reel tape machine. It isn’t a repair so much as a rework to make it ...

The news has been full of reports that the last company manufacturing consumer VCRs will cease making them this year. I think most of us are surprised that the event is only happening now. After all, ...

Through a few clever molecular hacks, researchers have converted a natural bacterial immune system into a microscopic data recorder, laying the groundwork for a new class of technologies that use ...