But he became frustrated with the bulky reel-to-reel system that needed manual winding and so invented the cassette in 1962. “The cassette tape was invented out of irritation about the existing tape recorder, it’s that simple,” Ottens was quoted as saying by NRC in one interview. The ...
Who knew when Yamaha rolled out its hand-wound gramophone that the device would be the inspiration for the Grammy award? As sound technology continued to improve through the 20th century (especially with the invention of the radio), the gramophone morphed into the record players we know today...
Like St. Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo is typically an excuse we gringos use to get hammered, but there's so much more to the day.
hit the airwavesin 1920 and started a wave of popularity. Five hundred stations hit the airwaves within the span of three years; by the end of the decade, 12 million households had radios. Although commercial radio remains relevant to this day, the growing popularity of television by the 1950...
ICE CREAM: I scream! You scream! We all scream! For ice cream! A man who allegedly stole anywhere from eight to ten pints of Häagen-Dazs is lucky police happened to be chasing him down the block.
Campbell’s sold its first can of ready-to-eat tomato soup in 1895. A company executive decided on red and white for Campbell’s label based on the colors of Cornell University’s football team. The company began airing radio ads with the“M’m M’m Good” jinglein 1931. Chicken noodle...