Inventor of the audio cassette dies at 94
Dutch engineer Lou Ottens poses with a cassette tape in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 23 January 2013. (EPA/JERRY LAMPEN)
Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer who heralded a new age for music fans by inventing the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94.
The company Philips, for whom Ottens developed the compact cassette in...