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> Babbage owned what was probably the first instance of computer graphics, a woven portrait of Jacquard in silk done on the parametric loom whose resolution (10
by icc97 8y ago
> Babbage owned what was probably the first instance of computer graphics, a woven portrait of Jacquard in silk done on the parametric loom whose resolution (1000 threads to the linear inch) approached that of the very best devices today.
The comparison still holds true. Plus I like the contrast with the modern analogy of a thread.
- nurettin 8y agoThen it may as well be first instance of 3d printing.
- WorldMaker 8y agoEmbroidery machines and automated looms absolutely are the first instances of 3D printing; they just don't get a lot of credit for it because we've been doing it so long and textiles aren't an "exciting" field to a lot of people.
- teaspoons 8y agoin "The Difference Engine", Lovelace & Babbage's work is accelerated and cinemas show movies with giant screens made of programmable-cloth with coloured rotating beads as pixels