10 votes The embroidered computer Posted January 27, 2019 by patience_limited Tags: history, embroidery, electromechanical, computers, circuits, design.textile, author.irene posch, short read http://www.ireneposch.net/the-embroidered-computer/ Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Word count 370 words 1 comment Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK patience_limited (OP) January 27, 2019 Link After a brief internal debate about whether this belonged in ~humanities or ~tech, I came down on the tech side. It's artistic, but the tools and design came from historical computing technology.... After a brief internal debate about whether this belonged in ~humanities or ~tech, I came down on the tech side. It's artistic, but the tools and design came from historical computing technology. Electromechanical switch/relay computers had a brief period of success before transistors became available. It's an incredible piece of work. 4 votes
patience_limited (OP) January 27, 2019 Link After a brief internal debate about whether this belonged in ~humanities or ~tech, I came down on the tech side. It's artistic, but the tools and design came from historical computing technology.... After a brief internal debate about whether this belonged in ~humanities or ~tech, I came down on the tech side. It's artistic, but the tools and design came from historical computing technology. Electromechanical switch/relay computers had a brief period of success before transistors became available. It's an incredible piece of work. 4 votes
After a brief internal debate about whether this belonged in ~humanities or ~tech, I came down on the tech side. It's artistic, but the tools and design came from historical computing technology. Electromechanical switch/relay computers had a brief period of success before transistors became available.
It's an incredible piece of work.