Question: Recently a Dutch inventor Lou Ottens has died, which of the following item was invented by him?
a) Colour Television
b) Audio Cassette Tapes
c) Washing Machine
d) Pen drive
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On 07 March, 2021 Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of audio cassette tapes, has died at the age of 94.
- Lou Ottens, who engineered the concept of magnetic tape players and compact discs (CDs), passed away at his home on Sunday in Duizel, the Netherlands.
- Ottens was Born on June 21, 1926, from early childhood days he showed keen interest in engineering and even built a radio as a teenager.
- Radio made by him was used by his family used to receive Radio Oranje during Germany’s wartime occupation of the Netherlands.
- The device that he made was equipped with a directional antenna which he termed as Germanenfilter because it was resistant to the jammers used by the Nazi regime.
- After the war, Ottens obtained an engineering degree and joined Philips in 1952. Five years after joining Philips, Ottens became the head of the company’s product development department at its audio plant in Hasselt, Belgium.
- In 1960, Ottens with his team developed the first portable tape recorder and two years later, he invented CDs.
By – Rajesh Tripathi
Links:-
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/11/lou-ottens-inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-dies-aged-94
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56355444