Use wechat to scan QR code < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > according to Russian satellite news agency on March 11, Dutch local news portal Dutch news reported that the invention of compact < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%9B%92%E5%BC%8F "> box < / a > < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%A3%81%E5%B8%A6 "> tape < / a > and < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%85%89%E7%A2%9F The Dutch engineer Lou ottens, who worked on the DVD, died in the Netherlands at the age of 94. < / P > < p > < / P > < p > "the father of hundreds of billions of tapes" Lou ottens < / P > < p > the portal quoted news from the new Rotterdam Business Daily as saying that odens died at his home in North Brabant on the 6th. < p > < p > odens joined Philips in 1952 after receiving an engineering degree. Eight years later, he took over the company's product development department, and within a year, he and his team developed the first portable tape < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%BD%95%E9%9F%B3%E6%9C%BA "> recorder < / a >. Two years later, odens invented the compact cassette. < / P > < p > according to the BBC report on March 10, it is estimated that 100 billion cassettes have been sold worldwide since its publication in the 1960s. "The invention of odens has changed the way people listen to music. In recent years, there has even been a revival of cassette." < p > < p > odens later invented < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=CD "> CD < / a > so far, more than 200 billion CDs have been sold worldwide. Dutch news points out that odens has always stressed that both inventions are the result of collective efforts. < p > < p > odens retired in 1986. When asked about his career, he said his biggest regret was that Sony, not Philips, made the iconic walkman.