These days, data is as likely as not to be “in the cloud.” Otherwise, it’s probably on a USB flash drive or SD card. But in the old days, paper tape was a widespread way to store and retrieve data. A ...

[Scott M. Baker] wants a paper tape punch for his retrocomputer collection. That’s fine with us, we don’t judge. In fact, these electromechanical peripherals from the past have a lot going for them, ...

Collectors are searching for antique and vintage items related to discontinued technology -- old computers, transistor radios, early television sets, computer games and even old typewriters, fans and ...

Adam Vaughan's "twittertape" machine contains a thermal printer and ethernet cable A web developer from Cumbria has built a modern version of a 19th Century ticker-tape machine which prints out tweets ...

A technophile has put a modern twist on Thomas Edison’s famous ticker tape machine - by creating one that prints tweets. Adam Bautham replicated Edison’s invention - launched in 1869 to print stocks ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Tape can be recycled as ...