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Of course I'm curious why this is on the front page of HN today - but to speed things along, a simulation of the loom using Jacquard floppies (loaded from disk)
by viksit 12y ago
Of course I'm curious why this is on the front page of HN today - but to speed things along, a simulation of the loom using Jacquard floppies (loaded from disk) and patterns : http://www.arahne.si/how-to-make-a-fabric.html http://www.arahne.si/how-to-make-a-fabric.html
- DavidAdams 12y agoJust today I was reading in a short article in this month's Wired about how the latest Air Jordan was using advanced textiles woven with a Jacquard Loom. I couldn't find that article, but here's a longer one: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3029192/innovation-by-design/how-nike-turned-an-italian-suit-label-into-the-air-jordan-xx9s http://www.fastcodesign.com/3029192/innovation-by-design/how...
- jacquesm 12y ago> Of course I'm curious why this is on the front page of HN today The Jacquard loom contains a distant forerunner of the punchcard used in large numbers to emulate a ROM with a program, making it the first programmable piece of industrial machinery.