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How refreshing to see something like this on HN; I want to iterate that there is an inextricable link between textiles and computer technology going back to the
by artsyca 7y ago
How refreshing to see something like this on HN; I want to iterate that there is an inextricable link between textiles and computer technology going back to the invention of the loom
- dredmorbius 7y agoTextiles were among the very earliest technologies, were hugely significant to ancient cultures (there are numerous Greek mythological entities associated with weaving, sewing, thread, cloth, etc.), some innovations were remarkably late (knitting, about 800 CE), and of course, textiles drove the early Industrial Revolution: Kay's Flying Shuttle (1733), James Hargreaves' spinning jenny (1764), Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769), and Joseph Marie Jacquard's punched-card loom (1804).
- hi5eyes 7y agotechwear has been a trendy industry for solid 5+ years now
- kaybe 7y agoCan you give some trending examples that are not just phones strapped to the body?
- brandonhorst 7y agoThat isn't what techwear means https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/an-introduction-to-techwear https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/an-introduction-to-tech...
- kaybe 7y agoOh, I see. Thanks!
- twic 7y agoThreads, spin locks, bytecode weaving, CUDA warps, switched fabrics ...
- taneq 7y agoIndeed, looms were some of the earliest programmable machinery, and the cause of arguably the earliest concerns about automation causing unemployment.
- dougmwne 7y agoThis is a wonderfully insightful connection. You could think of fabric as an early display technology, especially when paired with something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom