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Turning to the #mastodonHiveMind. #HelpMeFind the name of an #mp3player I had back in the late 90s (maybe early 00s?).

I've looked through pages of image search results. Poured through eBay. Toured the #vintageTech & #portableSound articles & forums.

I mocked up what I remember. Device was this rounded, pear-ish shape. That soft matte black plastic. Screen on the top. Had buttons on the top edges. I think there was an SD slot at the bottom. Maybe buttons on front below screen?

Any insight?

The prompt: "An Apple Walkman" - #StableDiffusion versus #DallE2

#AIart #Apple #Walkman #ProductDesign #PortableSound

Donna (Tori Spelling) discovers that leaving a tape in the glove compartment of a car in southern California causes it to melt while Kelly (Jennie Garth) looks on in Season 4 Episode 3 of Beverly Hills 90120 (22 Sept 1993)

#cassettes #tape #ReelToReel #MagneticTape #ToriSpelling #BeverlyHills90210 #PortableSoundOnTelevision #PortableSound #JennieGarth #90sTV #90s

Three generations of the Sony Walkman as represented in our Physical Objects Collection:

• Compact Cassette Sports Walkman WM-AF54 (1989)
• MiniDisc MZ-R30 (1996)
• MP3 + AAC Mobile Phone Walkman W800 (2005)

#SonyWalkman #Walkman #Sony #CompactCassette #MiniDisc #MP3 #mobile #PortableSound

"...Parametric acoustic arrays — also referred to as directional loudspeakers or acoustic lasers — are the most plausible technology, although other ultrasound technology may be at play."

Download the full (redacted) report from https://salon.com/2023/03/29/exclusive-declassified-report-suggests-havana-syndrome-could-result-from-energy-weapon/
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#HavanaSyndrome #SonicWeapon #PortableSound #ultrasound #infrasound #acousticlaser #ParametricAcousticArrays #DirectionalLoudspeakers #report #declassified #FOIA #redacted #SonicWarfare #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound

Big News! We're #digitizing our Physical Objects Collection & now you can follow our work in realtime – visit 👉https://museumofportablesound.com/collections/physicalobjects to see our up-to-date Object List + our in-progress photo archive with 100 of our objects already posted!

#sound #audio #PortableSound #gear #objects #artefacts #archive #collections #photography #CollectionsManagement

In the year 2013 when most of the world had embraced the MP3 player, #Eminem was repeatedly spotted in public listening to a CD player.

#HeroesOfPortableSound #CDplayer #MarshallMathers #BeatsHeadphones #PortableCDPlayer #PortableSound #Heroes

Disgraced Detective Chief Inspector John Luther (Idris Elba) receives a disturbing message from a serial killer via a broadcast on a Grundig Party Boy 100 portable radio (1981) in "Luther: The Fallen Sun" (dir. Jamie Payne, 2023)

#Radio #Grundig #IdrisElba #LutherTheFallenSun #PortableRadio #PortableSound #Broadcasting

Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is a #NewAcquisition: The 2nd MP3 Player in the World, the Diamond Rio PMP300 (Sept 1998, after S.Korea’s MPMan in March) – the 1st commercially successful MP3 player.

The Rio provoked the 1st RIAA lawsuit trying to kill MP3s (they lost bc their suit was based on the misunderstanding that the Rio was a recording device).

Even after 25 years, our Rio still plays the (terrible) files on its built-in 32MB storage.
#diamondrio #pmp300 #mp3player #mp3 #90s #portablesound

Solar Sun Visor Speaker Radio (manufacturer unknown, 1980)

#solar #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #radio #visor #headgear #80s #80sFashion #PortableSound #PortableSoundInFashion #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound

The Toshiba RT-8710S Stereo Radio/Cassette #Boombox (1979) had a trick up its sleeve: you could pop the handle off, unlatch the speakers, and turn it into a spatial home stereo system (that could even be used as a receiver for your turntable)! This versatility, however, led to some design sacrifices – as the Radiomuseum.org photo of the device's rear end in the third image below testifies, it was pretty nice to look at as long as you didn't spin it around.

#PortableSound #1970s #Toshiba #Stereo

Dan (Mark Ruffalo) and Greta (Keira Knightley) use a headphone splitter to listen to an #iPod together on the New York subway in Begin Again (2013, dir. John Carney) #ValentinesDay #PortableSound #PortableSoundInCinema #KeriaKnightley #MarkRuffalo

The first use of a #mobile phone in a #Bollywood film was in 1996's Tere Mere Sapne, also the first film produced by #AmitabhBachchan's ABCL company. In the story, it was used by Rahul (#ChandrachurSingh) to speak to his grandfather (#Pran) long distance in England.

#telephony #cinema #PortableSoundInCinema #PortableSound #movies #DesiCulture

Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is a Creative Zen Micro (2004), a 5GB hard drive- based portable audio player that also features a built-in FM radio tuner/recorder, voice recorder & microphone. Donated by @msmarypoppers.

#MP3Player #mp3 #creative #CreativeZen #CreativeZenMicro #MuseumObject #PortableSound #MuseumOfPortableSound

General Electric 'Wildcat' portable stereo record player (1970)

#Wildcat #RecordPlayer #Turntable #PortableSound #Stereo #GeneralElectric #1970s #Mustard

Are you in #Lisbon, #Portugal this holiday season? Would you like to visit our museum IN PERSON?

We're here in beautiful Lisboa through 5 January and would be thrilled to meet you for a visit! Contact Us to arrange it: https://museumofportablesound.com/contact-us/

#PortableMuseum #PortableSound #MuseumOfPortableSound #VisitUs #WeAreOpen #OpenForTheHolidays

Advert for a Motorola portable AM radio with rotating antenna handle (1955)

#radio #PortableSound #AMradio #motorola #handle #rotate #rotating #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic #1950sDesign

R2-D2 Portable AM Radio (1977)

"Portable...
Fun
Anywhere"

#StarWars #R2D2 #ArtooDetoo #Droid #AMRadio #Radio #PortableSound #NotAnExactReplica #SoundBeyondMusic

Second Generations: the first redesigns of the Sony Walkman (1981) and the Apple iPod (2003).

#Walkman #SonyWalkman #iPod #Apple #PortableSound #redesign #SecondChance #DoOver #TryAgain #ProductDesign #CultureOfSound #VisualCultureOfSound #MuseumOfPortableSound

The Sony TC-2850SD (1973) was the world's first stereo portable compact cassette recorder. Its portability, high quality, and relative affordability sparked the 'Namaroku boom' of amateur field recording across Japan in the 1970s, with people collecting sounds of transportation, wildlife, etc.

#TapeRecorder #Sony #Namaroku #FieldRecording #CompactCassette #Stereo #Japan #PortableSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound

The world’s first portable electric megaphone was produced by Japanese company TOA in 1954.

#megaphone #bullhorn #electric #electricity #portable #PortableSound #TOA #1950s #1950sfashion #Japan #amplification #amplifier #loud #sound #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic

Our #ObjectOfTheWeek: Ever Ready Batrymax B114 (1947), 1,5 & 69 volt. Used for powering portable radios, these batteries had to be wire-connected by the user in radios like the Marconiphone P17B.

#EverReady #EverReadyBattery #Batrymax #radio #PortableSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound #batteries #battery #power #voltage #1940s #1950s

Being a portable museum means that it has been visited inside people's homes, outdoors, and indoors...by the young and the young-at-heart.

It's listening fun for anyone, anywhere – even online via video chat!

Book your own visit at http://museumofportablesound.com/visit!

#listening #sound #museum #online #offline #portablesound #headphones #sounds #soundstudies #museumstudies #museology #CuratorialPractice #soundobjects

Albert Einstein using a telegraph (12 June 1937)

#AlbertEinstein #telegraph #BlackAndWhite #photography #PortableSound #SoundBeyondMusic #communication