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Artist David Herbert is the creator of this wonderful art installation showing a copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey on a 2×4x8ft large VHS cassette. (Via gearfuse)

Here’s an alternative to that other USB cassette deck we covered a couple of weeks ago. PlusDeckEX from the Korean BTO company is a follow-up to their PlusDeck 2c model – a cassette deck that lets you rip tracks from those old tapes and save them as MP3 files on your computer.

Connecting your MP3 player to the car stereo with a cassette tape, nothing new there. But this Cassette MP3 Player from Chinavasion Wholesale Electronics takes a different approach by acting as the MP3 player itself.

Maybe you have a lot of old cassette tapes with great music laying around, but no device where you listen to them. Here’s your chance to change this. The USB Cassette Deck ($198) lets you convert those tapes into MP3 files, giving you the chance to enjoy the music on your computer or portable audio [...]

Do you still have a lot of good music on cassettes and vinyl, but no device to play it on? The Instant Music Vinyl & Cassette Ripper ($82) will make it easy to convert your records and cassettes into crisp, clear digital audio (MP3, WAV, WMA and AAC). The Nero CD burning software is also [...]

I’m sure most of you have already seen the cool Cassette Tote Bag – it was featured in many blogs some months ago. It’s been very hard to get it outside the U.S. though. Hence this entry. The good news is that it’s now possible to order the Cassette Tape Handbag ($15) from Baron Bob, [...]

These awesome Tape Dispensers ($25) will start shipping in September, but can already be pre-ordered from j-me – a UK design site run by two brothers. The j-me tape dispenser uses two different objects that use the word ‘tape’ in different contexts. The fusion of music recording tape and sticky tape results in a piece [...]

Cajsa Westerman from Sweden is the creator of these gorgeous retro geek jewelry. Featured above is the Floppy Disc Earrings ($18), Cassette Tape Necklace ($27) and the Pink Cassette Tape Solo Earring ($12). An eclectic mix of kitschy and minimalistic, new and reconstructed, all made with love from Sweden. ALL EARHOOKS STERLING SILVER, unless otherwise [...]