Unsung Hero: Nobutoshi Kihara

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an old fashioned cassette tape with the words'come to sistemanoo '

15 Things From The '80s We Totally Loved

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that “music machines” are outdated. They’re the real deal. | 15 Things From The '80s We Totally Loved

a floppy disk with two eyes on it surrounded by brown streamers and ribbon against a green background

7 Reasons You Should Still Make Mixtapes - Digital DJ Tips

Reasons You Should Still Make Mixtapes Of course we're not using real cassette…

an old, black cassette tape is tied to a string and has the word sa on it

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a drawing of a woman's face on a white wall with multiple electrical wires

Ghost in the Machine- Debbie Harry of Blondie

30 by 30 inch representation of Debbie Harry of Blondie for Bumbershoot in September

a black and white drawing of a man's face on a light switch plate

Brillant Examples of Recycled Art

a person with headphones on holding up a video game controller in front of their face

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I cant even tel you how long it took me to realize that Star Lord's helmet looked exactly like the tape.

a wall with a drawing of a man wearing a hat and holding a microphone in front of it

Ghost in the Machine

a number of portraits of musicians made out of recycled cassette tape with original cassette. Also included are portraits made from old film and reels. The idea comes from a phrase (ironically) coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, a description of how your spirit lives in your body. I imagine we are all, like cassettes, thoughts wrapped up in awkward packaging.

an old cassette tape recorder with the words d - c60 on it

Preservation of Family Artifacts | FamilyTree.com

Preservation of Family Artifacts There can be so many vintage and even recent family artifacts that need to be preserved now the correct method. Here is a list of items you may not of thought of saving: Photos, Documents (deeds, Wills, certificates, records), Clothing (textiles), Recordings (cassettes, tapes), Slides (photo), Scrapbooks, Movie Film (videos), Journals, Diaries, Letters and Books. #heirlooms #preserve #familytree #artifacts #history

a blue and white mp3 player with headphones attached to it's earpieces

Sony's New Walkman: Better, But Still No iPod Killer (SNE)

Started with my tapes, moved to to my Walkman cd player. So thankful for my iPhone, because carrying all those tapes and CDs was not the business.

a painting of a skull with blood dripping down it's face and the background is red, white, and blue

Skull by David Kraig

Skull Painting by David Kraig

The Prayer Original Fine Art Painting by Maria Magdalena Oosthuizen. Medium: Acrylic on Canvas. Stretched, and Blocked, Not Framed. Dimensions: Width (mm) Heigh Christ, Angeles, Ange, Resim, Ilustrasi, Sanat, Elis, Ega, Cristo

M16059 The Prayer

The Prayer Original Fine Art Painting by Maria Magdalena Oosthuizen. Medium: Acrylic on Canvas. Stretched, and Blocked, Not Framed. Dimensions: Width (mm) Heigh

an abstract painting of a woman with red hair

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an old man wearing glasses and a tie sitting in front of a computer desk with books on it

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Sony Walkman engineer, Mr. Nobutoshi Kihara

Design Icon: Sony Walkman

Design*Sponge Design Icon: SONY WALKMAN. Illustration by Libby Vanderploeg #walkman

Pioneering Sony Engineer Dies at 84

Mr. Nobutoshi Kihara

an advertisement for sony's portable radio system from the early 1960s, with instructions on how to use it

1982 SONY Walkman Tape Player Ad

An original 1982 advertisement for Sony Walkman Soundabout cassette player. Detailing this little machine does everything your home stereo does, but play records. "Sorry, no turntable" -A vintage 1982

VonHaus TV Wall Bracket for 32-70" Screens, TV Bracket with Spirit Level, Flat to Wall Mount with Tilt, 75kg Capacity, Max VESA: 600x400mm

Aiwa walkman

an old cassette player with headphones plugged into it

Walk The Moon Indianapolis, IN - 27 Design Co.

Walk The Moon - Indianapolis, IN Gig Poster by Charles Crisler / 27designco.com

Vintage Sony Walkman print

an assortment of electronic components arranged on a white surface

TODD MCLELLAN PRINTS

Image of Disassembled Walkman

a sony walkman with headphones attached to it

Sony Walkman TPS-L2. The original Walkman portable cassette player, released July 1, 1979. Vintage audio .....................................Please save this pin. ............................................................. Click on the following link!.. http://www.ebay.com/usr/prestige_online

an electronic device with two different types of buttons on the front and side of it

Transistor Radio

Portable Radio

The Sony Walkman

The first Sony Walkman, the TPS-L2 in 1979. Side view. The most important personal music device since the transistor radio, the Walkman was also the device that made it common to wear headphones in public. From 'The Sony Walkman' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: http://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/sony-walkman.htm

an older man standing in front of a machine

Televisions

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Genius

Nobutoshi Kihara

Nobutoshi Kihara, who died on February 13 aged 84, was the engineering genius behind some of Sony’s greatest hits: transistor radios and televisions, camcorders and other bantamweight electronics that made the company a world-leader and “Made in Japan” a stamp of distinction.

an advertisement for stereo liveland with headphones and other electronic equipment in japanese language

Recorders

1970s

Sony, pocket sized recorder, 1981. The TCS-310 did form the basis for an early budget Walkman model, the WM-1.The prototype of the Walkman was built in 1978 by audio-division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony co-chairman Masaru Ibuka, who wanted to be able to listen to operas during his plane trips. It was marketed 1979 as the Walkman in Japan, although Akio Morita hated the name. Source