Inventor of the audio cassette dies at 94

Updated March 12 2021 - 8:39am, first published 8:35am
Dutch engineer Lou Ottens presented the first cassette at an electronics fair in 1963.
Dutch engineer Lou Ottens presented the first cassette at an electronics fair in 1963.

Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer who heralded a new age for music fans by inventing the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94.

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