You Had To Be There

It doesn’t get more hi-tech than this.

The digital switchover earlier at Montrose with, from left: RTE board chairman Tom Savage, Miriam O’Callaghan, Pat Rabbitte and Mick Kehoe Executive Director at RTE Transmission Networks, help to literally hit the switch.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

Rest, Gadgeteer, Your Search Is Over

The Cassette To iPhone Converter ($80) plays and converts cassette audio to MP3 files, storing them onto an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Tapes can be listened to using the headphones jack (headphones required) or by connecting its audio output to a stereo system for scanning forward or reverse to select tracks for conversion. Cassettes can also be converted to a PC running Windows 7, XP, or Vista or a Mac using the included software.

Update (Thanks, droid): No longer available from Hammacher Schlemmer.

Pft. We’re still holding out for the dashboard-mounted eight-track to mp3 converter.

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