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How an 1803 Jacquard Loom Led to Computer Technology [video]
- sxp 2y agoIf you want a more in depth view about this series of events, I suggest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yL0_sDnX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yL0_sDnX0 which is an episode of the amazing documentary, Connections. (The show also has one of the best timed shots in history: https://youtu.be/cCJh5D0FCZk?t=119 https://youtu.be/cCJh5D0FCZk?t=119)
- gabrielsroka 2y agoI came here to post the same. The other episodes are on archive.org > best timed shot Yes, but there's a cut.
- westurner 2y agoFrom "Calling your computer a Turing Machine is controversial" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37709009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37709009 : > Turing was familiar with the Jacquard loom for weaving patterns on punch cards and Babbage's, and was then tasked with brute-forcing a classical cipher. And before the Jacquard loom was the music box. Music box > Timeline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_box#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_box#Timeline Jacquard machine > Importance in computing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine#Importance_in_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine#Importance_in... Mechanical computer > Examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer#Examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer#Examples : > Antikythera: c. 100BC (a mechanical astronomical clock)
- jigneshdarji91 2y agoIf you enjoyed this, I highly recommend Innovators by Walter Isaacson. It's a very deep and fascinating introduction to the history of computing.
- pointlessone 2y agoConnections by James Burke talks about this, too.
- vhvj 2y ago[dead]