Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In ...

turning the Walkman into a playback-only device. Lots of flying wires and Kapton tape, but it all fits. The project’s GitHub page contains a detailed walk-through of the modification process ...

This solid-looking update of the classic Walkman form factor doesn’t quite match up to the technical wonders of the earlier era, when players could be literally the same size as a cassette case. The ...

The company released Japan’s first-ever magnetic tape record in 1950 ... from the Trinitron color TV in 1968 to the Walkman cassette player in 1979 to the world’s first CD player in 1982 ...

This particular implementation uses 14 Walkmans to supply the tape loops. The Walkman units are constantly playing but the audio output is not enabled until a key is depressed. The main ...

When asked about his career, he said his biggest regret was that Sony and not Philips had created the iconic cassette tape player, the Walkman. Cassette tapes have experienced an unlikely surge in ...

The company released Japan’s first-ever magnetic tape record in 1950 ... producing iconic devices from the Trinitron color TV ...