USB Makes the Cassette Tape Useful Again

You certainly don't see many tape players these days. Back in the early days of my youth the cassette tape was once of the few options for getting music in the car or in your home. I'm not sure what happened to what had to be stockpiles of the old-fashioned cassette tapes bound to have been in warehouses around the world as the digital age of CDs and digital tracks came to be. I guess some of the cassette tapes ended up being turned into other devices, like the USB tape drive or this USB Tape Hub.

The USB Tape Hub looks like the cassette tape of yore complete with the window for viewing how much tape was left on the cassette. Rather than actual magnetic tape on the bottom of the cassette, the hub has four USB ports. The USB cable to the computer connects on the top of the cassette hub. The maker of the hub warns against putting them into your big yellow circa 1980's Walkman. The hub measures 97 x 61cm. You can get one for about $24.