Every now and again I hear someone complain that netbooks typically don’t come with DVD drives. But I’ve never heard anyone complain that they can’t take floppy disks. While we haven’t quite moved to ...

This is so cool; an unexpected use for an antiquated digital storage medium. [DeepSOIC] built a cutter that shaves off plastics but cannot cut through metal. It’s made out of the media part of a 3.5” ...

Not long ago, the very last VHS tape was produced. It was the end of an era, for sure. Today, another era is ending, and it's one that we can't believe took this long to finally die. The floppy disc ...

Sony used to sell digital cameras that recorded on actual floppy disks. We’ve come a long way, but [Mathieu] put a floppy in a digital camera recently for an entirely different reason. First, though, ...

A few years ago, small indie labels starting making their new releases available on cassette tape. In the age of digital downloads and streaming services, the chance to buy a physical, playable object ...

Charles Mangin from Option8 managed to cram a USB stick into an old floppy in such a way that’s just fresh enough to be a DIY project I wouldn’t mind attempting myself. The hack actually involved two ...

Having spent a large part of my youth listening to the crunchy grinding noises of 3.5″ floppy drives, they’re almost a lullaby to me now. But the crazy kids these days aren’t satisfied just listening ...