If you really can’t get over the old cassette tape, you could go for one of these once it gets manufactured. The design is called the NVDRS Tape by Stefano Pertegato, Massimiliano Rampoldi, Eloisa Tolu, Francesco Schiraldi & Giovanni Mendini. The MP3 player is powered by your fingers… Yep through one of the spools, while goinf from one track to the other requires one to finger the other spool. It’s also equipped with a USB and built-in indicator lights.

The designers really wanted a more meaningful experience when a user listens to the NVRDS Tape, which means small memory and it’s not possible to skip a song. Like the old tapes, you have to fast forward.

[yanko]